Walton refrigerators get 5-Star Rating on energy efficiency

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Economic Reporter :
Some frost and non-frost refrigerators of electronics brand ‘Walton’ received ‘Five Star Energy Rating’ from Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) in last month (April 2017). The huge power saving Walton refrigerators secured the BSTI’s highest energy rating certificate for maintaining the ‘Bangladesh Standards 1850:2012.’
It was learnt that only Walton fridges entitled the ‘Five Star Energy Rating’ certificate of BSTI, said a press release.
Following both the national and the international standards, Walton is manufacturing world-class energy efficient frost and non-frost refrigerators with the state-of-the art technologies and machineries at Walton Hi-Tech Industries at Chandra in Gazipur, according to Walton authorities.
Dwelling on the ‘Five Star Energy Rating,’ BSTI’s Deputy Director Nurul Islam said, generally the star rating stands for certifying the energy efficiency of electronics and electrical appliances. Since 2012, BSTI has been awarding several star rating, ranging from 1 to 5, to the household refrigerators under its ‘BDS 1850:2012’ standards, he said adding, the more star means more energy efficiency of the respective appliances. Till now, the refrigerators of Walton brand only entitled the BSTI’s highest energy rating certificate, he noted.
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