The laundry room can be a big consumer of energy. ENERGY STAR® states that the typical U.S. household does about 400 loads of laundry every year, using about 13,500 gallons of water (ENERGY STAR®). The laundry room also generates a large amount of unwanted heat and humidity in summer, so it makes good sense to think about location options as well as the efficiency of your appliances.

Source: Wendell A. Porter, Hyun-Jeong Lee, and Kathleen C. Ruppert, Energy Efficient Homes: Laundry Area UF/IFAS FCS3260, 2008

Additional Resource

UF IFAS Energy Efficient Homes: Laundry Area - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1030