Fake Products And Companies Certified by Energy Star

Energy Star has some egg on its face after the Government Accountability Office submitted bogus companies and products for certification and had a success rate of 3/4th (15 out of 20). The reason for the problem is that manufacturers submit their own data on efficiency which is not independently verified.

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"The Government Accountability Office Punk'd Energy Star recently by submitting fake products and companies for certification. The Environmental Protection Agency's arbiters of efficiency standards rubber-stamped 15 out of 20 bogus products and a handful of fake firms became Energy Star Partners."