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Georgia Power's refrigerator art wins national contest
Kicks off refrigerator recycling campaign
PRNewswire
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ATLANTA - Sept. 3, 2008 - What do art and refrigerators have in common? In many households, the refrigerator is a place for grade school artwork, but usually not the stuff that wins national acclaim. However, in an effort to bring attention to energy conservation, Georgia Power took its vision of decorating a recycled refrigerator to a new level, creating artwork that got noticed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ) Displayed August 25 to September 2 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., during the Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR® The Art of Recycling exhibition, Georgia Power won "Judges Choice" in a nationwide call for old refrigerator units that have been recycled and converted to very creative works. Georgia Power Product Manager Vicki Nichols accepted the top award on behalf of the company at a ceremony September 2 in Washington, D.C. As part of the U.S. Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign, Georgia Power's "slot machine fridge" was selected among artwork submitted by students, institutions, utility companies, private organizations, and individual artists across the country. "Georgia Power's old recycled refrigerator was decorated using vinyl vehicle decals on the sides, brush aluminum framing on the front with black acrylic signs," said Nichols. "There is an actual slot machine metal token tray at the bottom with slot tokens in the tray. It seemed a fitting design as Georgia Power is promoting a 'jackpot' of energy savings worth more than $100 a year." Visit http://www.recyclemyoldfridge.com/artfridges.aspx to view Georgia Power's winning entry. The ENERGY STAR Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign encourages every American who owns an old, inefficient refrigerator to save money, energy, and help the environment by recycling old refrigerators and, when a replacement is needed, buying a new ENERGY STAR qualified refrigerator. Georgia Power predicts its customers have approximately 235,000 secondary refrigerators more than 10 years old. Most of these secondary refrigerators are old, inefficient models and typically use 75 percent more energy than newer ENERGY STAR models. If every household recycled that second refrigerator, the annual energy savings would be as much as 250 million kilowatt-hours each year. For more information, visit http://www.georgiapower.com/energystar/refrigerators.asp . The refrigerator recycling pilot campaign is one of 18 demand response and energy efficiency programs in which Georgia Power will invest $43 million annually. This includes six new programs recently approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission. These programs are expected to reduce electricity demand by 1,000 megawatts by 2010. Among the programs Georgia Power currently offers are free in-home energy assessments, Power Credit, real-time pricing, weatherization assistance for low-income customers, promotion of ENERGY STAR appliances and new homes, and energy efficiency customer education. New programs include Power Credit Multifamily, ENERGY STAR Lighting and Appliance Program, Home Performance with ENERGY STAR, electric water heater insulation blanket program and a refrigerator and freezer recycling pilot program. Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national average. Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ### Media Contact: Lynn Wallace, Georgia Power Company, (+1.404) 506.7676 or (+1.800) 282.1696, corpcomm@georgiapower.com Web sites: http://www.georgiapower.com/ |