The Super-Efficient Home Appliance Initiative (SEHA) is a national program designed to stimulate manufacturer and consumer interest in highly efficient home appliances. Launched in 1997, it provides a nationally recognized definition of "super-efficiency" through the establishment of performance tiers that utilities can voluntarily adopt for use in local programs. SEHA seeks to provide early markets for the very best energy-saving home appliances.

SEHA addresses the residential refrigerator, room air-conditioner, clothes washer and dishwasher markets. It complements the ENERGY STAR® Appliance Program, a national consumer awareness and labeling program designed to educate consumers and establish a broadly recognized symbol for energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR generates momentum in the market for energy-efficient appliances. CEE's SEHA Initiative directs that momentum to the super-efficient end of the ENERGY STAR spectrum. An announcement of new funding for ENERGY STAR Appliances was released on July 19, 2009. Read more here: http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7634.htm.

SEHA's goal is to make super-efficient home appliances an attractive option for all market participants. SEHA strives to heighten awareness and appreciation of super-efficient appliances, thereby increasing the consumers' willingness to pay for product enhancements. At the same time, SEHA aims to make manufacturers aware of targeted efficiency levels (i.e. tiers) as well as the resource commitments of SEHA partners. When this information is clearly communicated to manufacturers, they can prepare to meet this new demand for super-efficient appliances.

Additional information about manufacturers of SEHA-compliant products is available in the Resource Library.

CONTACT
For more information about CEE's Super-Efficient Home Appliances Initiative, contact Eileen Eaton at 617-589-3949, ext. 203.

NEWS

Results from CEE ENERGY STAR® Household Survey available
The 2006 CEE ENERGY STAR® Household Survey Report is now available on-line. This study, sponsored by CEE and 11 of its members, was designed to measure public awareness and understanding of the ENERGY STAR label.