Energy-Efficient Kitchen Design Inspiration

When you’re trying to live a more eco-conscious life, finding your style while “going green” can feel almost impossible. While many brands are focusing on molding their products to be more sustainable, they tend to lose sight of how their finishing piece will look stylistically. How can we blame them? When the main purpose is to reduce pollution or save energy, it’s understandable that looking pretty is rather low on the list of concerns.

So, when you’re working on updating your kitchen with energy-efficient appliances in mind, how do you design a kitchen to help inspire your cooking adventures when you’re options are limited? Fortunately, eco-friendly appliances these days look just like their counterparts, but all with energy saving powers.

Before you set out to shop, If you’re struggling to imagine what a simple kitchen design might look like with energy-efficient appliances, we’ve found a few cooking spaces that may inspire your plans!

Induction cooking is one of the most energy-efficient appliances you can add to your kitchen without compromising on style or function. It’s sleek and smooth surface looks almost identical to an electric cooktop but has the precise control of a gas cooktop, which makes induction a sophisticated choice.

This method of cooking is unique and uses electromagnetic coils under each element to transfer heat to induction-compatible cookware. The electrical heating elements don’t warm up the surface like a conventional stovetop, either. They instead pass the heat directly to the specific cookware so that 90 percent of it goes to the food! While gas and electric cooktops are both great options for cooking, a lot of the heat is lost throughout the kitchen, spreading throughout your home up in the process.

With induction cooking you are able to control where the heat is directed and ultimately ensure you are never using more than what you need. This Monogram 5-burner cooktop is just the showstopper you need saving energy in your kitchen.

This Bosch appliance-filled contemporary kitchen proves that energy-efficiency is incredibly stylish. Their stainless steel dishwasher, photographed above, is more than just a shiny run-of-the-mill appliance. This eco-friendly dishwashing machine ensures that you’ll never have to run your dishes under the faucet before placing them on the EasyGlide rack system. It’s meant for you to put them in, walk away, and leave the dirty work to your Bosch dishwasher. And while you’re away, this dishwasher will use intelligent sensors to constantly scan throughout the entire cycle just to make sure your dishes have been thoroughly cleaned without over washing and wasting water and energy.

If you are someone who has a large family, loves to cook, or just happens to make a lot of dishes throughout the week, having energy-efficient appliances like the pictured Bosch dishwasher can help save you more than just energy and water – it will save you money and time too.

Your refrigerator is likely the most used appliance in your entire kitchen. And every time you open its doors, you let out a little bit of the cold air it’s been working hard to produce. Fortunately, advanced and innovative technology has been created to fix that issue with the help of the GE refrigerator Turbo Cool setting. This nifty feature makes sure to combat the frequent openings by dropping the interior temperature so that it can maintain optimal freshness throughout the fridge.

You can also find two humidity-controlled drawers as well as full-width drawers with adjustable temperatures. These also help with controlling the climate inside your refrigerator so as to keep everything as cool as possible without wasting extra energy.

If you’re wanting a dramatic-looking kitchen that doesn’t dramatically waste energy, GE is a superb brand to explore.

Can your microwave take the guesswork out of cooking and look good while doing it? This Whirlpool over-the-range microwave can. Instead of overheating your leftovers so that you take the chance of burning your mouth, this microwave with Sensor Cooking tracks the cooking progress of your food so that it comes out the right temperature every time. The whole process is more energy-efficient and saves time so that you can be eating your food without any random hot or cold spots.

If you want a kitchen with both energy-efficient appliances and eye-catching style, we have you covered at Spencer's. From dishwashers that save on water to climate-controlled refrigerators, our online catalog has stunning options for you to choose from.

When you’re ready to give your kitchen an environmentally-friendly update, give our nearest store to you a call and we’ll help you find the appliances that fit your style. Don’t settle for less when you can buy energy-efficient appliances that feature the best of both worlds.