The Australian Government has released a free Energy Rating app designed to help households and businesses save money on their power bills by choosing energy efficient appliances. Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane MP said the smartphone app is the first of its kind to display power use over the life of an appliance in dollars, rather than kilowatt hours. “This app shows people what the energy rating means financially, and by adding the estimated total power cost to the purchase price, people can see what they are saving,” Mr Macfarlane said.
Mr MacFarlane explained that the app uses the data from the trusted and widely recognized Energy Rating Label, a joint industry and Government program that has helped people buy energy efficient appliances for over a quarter of a century.
Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull MP said the Energy Rating App is one of many initiatives being driven by the Australian Government’s commitment to open data, which delivers wide ranging economic and social benefits to the entire community.
“We are encouraging Government departments to release their high value datasets to app developers and the broader community through data.gov.au, the Australian Government’s one stop shop for open data,” Mr Turnbull said.
