Consumer and Vehicles

ENERGY STAR televisions: typical energy use

183 television listings currently carry the ENERGY STAR certification — televisions certified under ENERGY STAR. Here is the typical range and the most efficient model on record, straight from the U.S. EPA's own product-finder dataset.

Certified models

183

Catalog average

195 kWh

Most efficient model

Clear Tunes ATSC-PM81331

18 kWh

televisions: most efficient, average and least efficient certified modelThree bars comparing the most efficient, the catalog average and the least efficient ENERGY STAR-certified television, out of 183 listings.Most efficient18 kWhCatalog average195 kWhLeast efficient631 kWh
Source: data.energystar.gov (dataset pd96-rr3d), collected 2026-10-09. Own chart.

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Como ler este número

What the number measures

This is the annual energy use reported under the U.S. DOE test procedure for televisions — a standardized lab test, not a measurement from a real home.

De onde vem o dado

data.energystar.gov, collected 2026-10-09

Figures come straight from the U.S. EPA's own Socrata dataset (dataset pd96-rr3d), under the EPA Data License. Last model added to this category: 2026-09-30.

Cuidado

ENERGY STAR only covers certified models

This list only includes television models the manufacturer submitted for certification — it is not every television sold in the U.S., and a model being absent does not mean it is inefficient. Figures are per year, under lab conditions; your own bill depends on size, settings and how much you use it.

O que fazer com isso

Check a specific model yourself

Open the raw dataset or search the brand and model number directly on the manufacturer's own EnergyGuide label before buying.

How big is the certified television market?

As of 2026-09-30, 183 television listings carry the ENERGY STAR certification — televisions certified under ENERGY STAR. It is a smaller, more specialized list than categories like refrigerators or dishwashers, which makes individual model specs more worth comparing one by one.

What is a typical television annual energy use?

Certified televisions range from 18 kWh to 631 kWh a year — more than a 34x spread, mostly driven by size and features (capacity, ice makers, smart controls, variable-speed compressors). The average across the whole certified list is 195 kWh a year, but that number means little without matching it to the size of unit you actually need.

Which certified television uses the least energy?

The most efficient model in the dataset is the Clear Tunes ATSC-PM81331, at 18 kWh a year — close to the catalog minimum of 18 kWh. "Most efficient" here is a single data point, not a buying recommendation: capacity, features and price matter too.

Glossário: os termos desta página

ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program that certifies appliance models meeting a set energy-efficiency threshold. Certification is voluntary for manufacturers and does not cover every model on the market.

Fonte: ENERGY STAR Product Finder — U.S. EPA.

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Source: data.energystar.gov (dataset pd96-rr3d), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the EPA Data License. Collected 2026-10-09. "ENERGY STAR" is used here as the plain-text name of the EPA program, not as a logo or endorsement of any brand.