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| Energy-efficient automatic standby generator systems Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the exclusive licensee for GE-branded standby generator systems, launched its highly anticipated energy-efficient automatic standby generator systems at the 2009 International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Marking the first time GE has bestowed its highly trusted brand on a residential generator line, the launch offers a timely and relevant response to record setting hurricanes and ice storms, a challenged national power grid, and wildly fluctuating fuel prices experienced in 2008. Although rapid growth has occurred in the standby category, recent research confirms that consumers still have a high degree of purchase interest (80 percent) in standby generators that are more energy-efficient. In a recent Better Homes & Gardens study, half of the consumers surveyed have paid more money for an energy-efficient product in the past 12 months. How does it work? Certain appliances in a home - like a central air conditioner, stove, hot water heater, clothes dryer and hot tub - typically require large amounts of initial 'start up' power, forcing standby customers to either purchase a large, expensive and fuel-hungry generator, or go without certain comforts in the home when the power goes out. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |