"Michael J. Anderson" wrote:

Our first home!!! :-)

My wife and I will be moving into our first home in early February. I
want to make the home a very economically functioning unit. We need a
new refrigerator and dish washer ASAP and I was wondering what does one
look for as far as operational efficiency?

Congrats, I'm sure you are both excited. You might also go to the
library and look at back issues of Consumer Reports. They give you
information on how well they work as well as measured efficiency and
reliability.