Five eco-friendly home & kitchen appliances

Posted: March 10, 2011

You don't have to be a tree-hugger to know that progress is rapidly exhausting Mother Earth's scant resources and spewing harmful wastes. But this doesn't mean that you have to give up modern conveniences to save the planet.

Below are the latest innovations in the household and kitchen appliances line geared at conserving our natural resources and keeping the environment clean.

Halogen heaters

Keep your homes warm without producing noxious fumes that pose health and ecological hazards. Ningbo Homstar Electrical Appliances offers this halogen heater, which also shuts off automatically after being tipped over to keep clumsy ole' you from being electrocuted.

Induction cookers

Reduce air pollution with eco-friendly cooking. Say goodbye to CO and HC from woodstoves, and NO2 from gas ranges. This unit from Topband Induction Cookers Division is equipped with a pan detection sensor and also consumes only up to 7.2kW.

Water-efficient washing machines

Jinan Hitone Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd's washing machine boasts an economic wash program for using the least amount of water and power possible. Further, it is capable of 1,400rpm, which helps decrease significantly the amount of time and energy required for drying.

Solar-powered refrigerators

Who says we can't use the sun to keep things cool? This refrigerator from China Electronics Zhejiang Co. utilizes PV panels in converting solar energy to power. Further, it does not contribute to ozone depletion as it adopts CFC-free R-134a.

Electronic insect repellent

Get rid of malaria-carrying mosquitoes without using chemicals that can harm the environment (and your health). Wenzhou Times Co. Ltd's electronic insect repellent features an inductive fluorescence pipe that lures in unsuspecting bugs and zaps them to an untimely demise.