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Large Washing Machines Are Not Used Efficiently in Europe
Article in Tenside Surfactants Detergents · May 2016 Angelika Schmitz, Farnaz Alborzi and Rainer Stamminger Washing machines sold for private households are increasing in capacity. The aim of this study was to assess how these higher capacities are utilised by consumers. A consumer survey was conducted in eleven European countries with more than 5,000 participants…
Usage behaviour and related energy consumption of European consumers for washing and drying
Angelika Schmitz & Rainer Stamminger Received: 12 March 2013 /Accepted: 17 May 2014 /Published online: 1 June 2014 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Abstract Laundry washing has been extensively studied; laundry drying has been much less investigated. Nevertheless, there are indications that the drying process takes considerably more energy than the washing process. It…