Everywhere we look in our everyday lives, from our bench to our bedroom, there are the ubiquitous electrical cords of mains-powered appliances. We don’t give our electrical devices a second thought, ...

Manufacturers of household and commercial appliances and equipment will be able to write their own tests to determine the energy efficiency of products they make, and to do so with less government ...

[Editor's note: This is part four of a five-part series.] Before you test any equipment at an existing installation, before you even perform a clean and check or other maintenance, you need to check ...

Most appliance manufacturers don't let media into their testing facilities, but GE gave me access to its one earlier this week. Here's what I saw. GE Appliances' headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky ...

Attention home appliance manufacturers: Call off the 300-pound gorillas and close the test centers. If you want to see whether an appliance will hold up under tough use, send it to my house. We break ...