While hand-washing appears to consume no electricity, it requires a tremendous amount of energy

雖然洗手似乎不消耗電力，但它需要大量的能源

to clean water for you to use.

來淨化水供您使用。

So, in terms of the environment, a dishwasher still uses less energy than hand-washing.

所以，就環境而言，洗碗機消耗的能源還是比手洗少。

According to one study at the University of Bonn in Germany, in general, the households

德國波昂大學的一項研究表明，一般來說，

with dishwasher used on average 50% less water and 28% less energy per cleaned item compared

與沒有 洗碗機的家庭相比，擁有洗碗機的家庭每次清洗物品的用水量平均減少 50%，能源消耗減少 28% 。

with households not owning a dishwasher.

根據美國環保署的數據，如果您擁有能源之星

And according to United States Environmental Protection Agency, if you have an Energy Star

洗碗機 ，與手洗相比，

dishwasher you can potentially save 55,000 gallons of water over 11 years (which is the

在 11 年內（這是能源之星洗碗機的平均使用壽命），您可能會節省 55,000 加侖的水

average lifespan of an Energy Star dishwasher), compared to washing by hand.

。