Keep in mind that depending on which province you live in, sometimes electricity can be very cheap ( like B.C ) and sometimes the difference even between a non energy star appliance and a e-star one is sometimes only 5 or 10 dollars a year difference. So to make a long story short, you won't really be saving money in some cases to get an E-star if the E-star is hundreds of dollars more ( usually they are ). If you live in BC for example and you buy a fridge that is 300 dollars more because it's E-star you would have to have in plugged in for 40 years to see a financial benefit. If you live someplace like Ontario I would suggest very highly on getting E-star appliances. Of course, even if you don't care about money savings there is still the environmental aspect about getting E-star appliances. Everyone wants the world to have less pollution.