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With the holidays quickly approaching, it’s time to start shopping for gifts to give your family and friends. Chances are that your friends and loved ones are just as concerned with cutting costs this year as you are. With the help of ENERGY STAR, you can give the gift of saving money and help the environment, too.

Products that use electricity have two prices tags, and if you are purchasing one as a gift you’re only paying the first price tag. There is also the added cost for the recipient of paying the energy bill.

ENERGY STAR qualified products use less energy, and they cut down on energy bills every month. From lighting products to consumer electronics, such as laptops, TVs and DVD players, ENERGY STAR qualified products offer great gift ideas and energy savings for everyone on your list. But what’s more, ENERGY STAR gives the gift of environmental benefits for everyone. In fact, with ENERGY STAR throughout your home, the typical homeowner can save more than 30% or about $700 on annual energy bills equivalent to a total savings of 120,000 lbs of greenhouse gases and $10,000 in energy costs over the lifetime of ENERGY STAR products.

Gift Ideas

If you are looking for a unique stocking stuffer for that practical or environmentally conscious friend, consider an ENERGY STAR-qualified compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) — just one ENERGY STAR CFL can save about $30 over its lifetime. By giving the gift of the 5 most frequently used lights in your friend’s home you can save him or her $70 each year on their energy bill. That way they not only get light bulbs that last up to 10 times longer than standard incandescent bulbs, they also get $70.

Energy-efficient battery chargers have the potential to save more than 1 billion kilowatt hours of energy per year, saving Americans more than $100 million annually while preventing the release of more than 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions — equivalent to the emissions of 150,000 cars. Amazon.com features several ENERGY STAR-qualified battery charging systems for power tools, including the Bosch BC 430. For everyday needs, Amazon.com also features ENERGY STAR qualified battery chargers for traditional batteries, like the Duracell Mini Charger. What dad wouldn’t want a power tool or gadget that gives him the same great performance but costs him less because it uses an ENERGY STAR qualified battery charger?

If you are searching for a bigger gift, a new ENERGY STAR-qualified television is a great choice. The average American home has 2.8 TVs, and if each of our TVs was a new ENERGY STAR qualified model each home would save about $135 total on its energy bill over the TVs’ lifetimes. ENERGY STAR has qualified all the hottest, most exciting, and most popular TV technologies: plasma, LCD, CRT, and rear projection.

For the home office, consider an ENERGY STAR-qualified Multi-Function Printer device. On average, an ENERGY STAR qualified laser multi-function device will save more than 20% on energy over a standard unit, and a qualified inkjet device will save nearly 60%.

Shop Amazon Green to find the ENERGY STAR gift you’re looking for this holiday season. For more on ENERGY STAR, including tons of helpful tips on how you can be green while saving energy and saving money, visit www.energystar.gov.

Thanks to our friends at ENERGY STAR for this post.

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