The seemingly mundane electronics you use every day — your stove, dishwasher, TV and much more — have a cumulative effect on the climate, says Best Buy’s director of environmental affairs Tim Dunn. He shares how the company is helping people reduce their carbon impact through energy-efficient products, considering the full lifecycle of everything they sell and designing for circularity — as well as their commitment to get to net-zero by 2040.
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random
February 7, 2022 at 4:02 pm
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random
February 7, 2022 at 4:02 pm
Legends not yet watch the full video 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
ThaoAnh Le
February 7, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Third cmt
Eyes wallow Come
February 7, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I never really enjoyed electronics, I always wanted to live off the grid. The government is always tracking us by the electronics.
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February 7, 2022 at 4:05 pm
You inspire us to be a better person.😊😊😊
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Save Money Save the Planet
February 7, 2022 at 4:10 pm
The other cool thing about the energy star program is that you can often get rebates for buying their certified products.
I’ve been able to find local or federal rebates for items which I was going to buy anyways. So I get to save money on the day to day basis since it uses less energy and I get to save money while buying it as well!
It’s definitely a cool program which I wish more people would use!
𖥻 Itz Bianca ¡!
February 7, 2022 at 4:13 pm
Amazing! Good video <3
grimble
February 7, 2022 at 4:22 pm
You are mental. Poor guy.
Florian Hansch
February 7, 2022 at 4:22 pm
How about you just start making products that last more than a couple of years?
Theo Brown
February 7, 2022 at 4:25 pm
Circularity cannot be reached with th amount of plastic in everything 😒
Theo Brown
February 7, 2022 at 4:25 pm
If the climate was a crisis we’d stop mining and extracting fossil fuel. We are the carbon they want to reduce.
elaine woollhead
February 7, 2022 at 4:28 pm
Glaucoma
Nathalie Lazo
February 7, 2022 at 4:54 pm
Incredible person reading this, go after what it is that you want in life! Learn the skills, do whatever it takes! You are capable of anything! I believe in you! ✨
Love – Nat ❤️
Shiro Amada
February 7, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Data centers are using up all the water to cool all those servers. But we made small electronics more efficient 15 years ago. So its totally a smaller impact on the electrical grid, just ignore the lack of drinking water.
RobbEJay
February 8, 2022 at 1:07 pm
Most data centers are air conditioned and fan cooled using relatively low power components.
Replacing perfectly usable hardware just to save energy would also have a net negative result.
Shiro Amada
February 8, 2022 at 4:19 pm
@RobbEJay Total water consumption in the USA in 2015 was 1218 billion litres per day.
Data centers use 660 billion litres of water in 2020, according to the US Department of Energy
irrigation used 446 billion litres and 147 billion litres per day went to supply 87% of the US population with potable water
Dionyzos
February 7, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Americans should take an example of europeans and start by turning off their air conditioning when it’s not needed or don’t even install one unless you’re living in a very hot climate.
Day that Fallows
February 7, 2022 at 7:54 pm
While last year alone women gave birth to 98 million children…
Levin Heid
February 7, 2022 at 8:16 pm
Start with producing products that last longer, develop or redevelop sustainable electronics
Geraldo Rodrigues
February 8, 2022 at 2:19 pm
end planned obsolescence
snoop darkholme
February 7, 2022 at 8:21 pm
Finally! I’d be happy with these news 🙂
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February 7, 2022 at 9:09 pm
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आदित्यAditya मेहेंदळेMehendale #BringBackDislikes
February 7, 2022 at 10:33 pm
It’s 2022 – STOP USING SIDE CAMERA, ALREADY! It’s not about the spiffy camera-work, it’s about the content – yes?
Necate
February 7, 2022 at 11:13 pm
Sounds like a step in the right direction. Sadly, I feel that buying used is being looked down on, so hopefully the repair-and-resell part works out …
0:27 A lot of energy is needed when constantly making stuff warm, especially water because it has a very high heat capacity (a lot of energy is needed to bring it up to temperature). So heating your house (unless you use a heat pump), cooking in some cases (, also driving an EV) and hot showers are the big consumers. Not your fridge or TV (usually) …
Let’s remind ourselves that right now this is just brand promotion! There is so much feel good bullshit out there … hopefully it will be different this time!
gioryu
February 7, 2022 at 11:34 pm
I have always said the high responsability have to come from the manufacturers. They have to pave a way to follow. With these conditions truly understood and controlled by them, the customers can come across and provide their support to reduce the consumption
cybersekkin
February 8, 2022 at 1:27 am
Manufacturers design in obselecence. Building long surviving items is against their monetary interests and when it comes down to it they will always protect their bottom line. For example, I have a refrigerator and the manufacturer stopped making the filters. This simple item is enough to get many people to get rid of their working fridge/freezer and buy new. This is all lip service to make us feel good but companies are out to make money and when it is time to make a decision of which is more important the manufacturers will always go for the bigger pile on money.
Ehsan Ullah
February 8, 2022 at 2:31 am
That’ is bullshit
Brad the Pitts
February 8, 2022 at 5:05 am
SUPPORT RIGHT TO REPAIR. Repair is ALWAYS better than recycle!
B Z
February 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm
Brad,
You mean paying for something just once?! Nope. The fed need a money making scam, not customer satisfaction 👍
Maybe You're Right😀
February 8, 2022 at 5:39 am
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And yes
MAYBE YOU’RE RIGHT 👍!
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# Cop 26
SAVE OUR PLANET 🌏🌍🌎!
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” we are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to ” -why?
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Thank you.
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bartsshorts
February 8, 2022 at 3:38 pm
ffs why do we talk about saving the climate when we don’t give a fk about things like f1 racing, drag cars, and all sorts of pointless corruption of the rules. wasting energy!
Mooɴ_ Bнᴀι
February 8, 2022 at 9:20 pm
great
Aaron Oneal
February 9, 2022 at 2:53 am
Ted needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress
totalfreedom45
February 9, 2022 at 2:17 pm
*_1_* Use public transportation as much as possible.
*_2_* Buy used clothes and shoes; stop buying designer clothing (Armani, Gucci, etc).
*_3_* Use minimal heating and cooling (from 65 °F to 79 °F).
*_4_* Keep washing dishes and doing laundry to a minimum.
*_5_* Shower for five minutes three to four times a week.
*_6_* Practice the six *_Rs:_* reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, rethink, and revolutionize.
💕 ☮ 🌎 🌌
Lietu
February 10, 2022 at 10:01 pm
Sure sounds like a lot of corporate propaganda from a company that benefits massively from consumerism.
Greg Gary
February 11, 2022 at 5:37 pm
I feel so clean now, all washed down in green. Jesus.