Originally Posted by
Optimark
Then there are dishwashers, which apparently are really big users of electricity, firstly with their direct power usage, and secondly with their indirect electrical power usage where the water pumps that keep the water flowing. Use less water and the country uses less power. This indirect power consumption by villages, towns, cities and the whole country, is noticeably less around five years after some of these requirements came into effect.
Miele have released some innovative dishwashers where power and water consumption is demonstrably less than only a few years ago. They have one 450mm wide dishwasher model, which in one mode, uses 6 litres of water for a wash, and in Eco mode, uses just 0.67kW/h of power.