Energy stars vs labelled kWh
Understand how Australian appliance energy stars differ from labelled annual kWh, when comparisons are valid and why neither predicts your exact bill.
Read evidence guideRead the record.
Keep its limits.
Six practical guides explain what official appliance evidence can support, where comparisons break down and which questions require a different source.
Published by Lasting Index editorial operation · Reviewed 23 August 2026Australian appliance registrations
Read Australian GEMS appliance registrations correctly: model identity, registration number, family coverage, dates, energy fields and important limits.
Read evidence guideFrench durability vs repairability
Understand France's durability and repairability indices, how reliability changes the durability score and why exact model and calculation date matter.
Read evidence guideRecall matching limitations
Learn how appliance recall matching works, why exact model and market matter, what a missing match means and when to follow an official safety notice.
Read evidence guideRepair-or-replace methodology
See the assumptions, formulas, safety gates and exclusions behind the Lasting Index repair-or-replace annualised-cost comparison.
Read evidence guideExact models and regional variants
Why exact appliance model codes, market and source scope must stay together, and why similar regional variants are not merged without evidence.
Read evidence guideEditorial boundary
No rankings hidden inside a guide.
Each guide separates official facts, Lasting Index interpretation and unresolved evidence. No guide turns registration into reliability, absence of a recall into safety, or a user-entered cost scenario into a recommendation.