- If purchasing a new computer, give strong consideration to a laptop with minimal energy usage
- Look for products with these logos when browsing:
- Before purchasing a new TV, use the TV Energy Usage chart to see which is most efficient.
- Consider purchasing recycled electronics (and also learn more about recycling your old electronics).
- Buy rechargeable batteries.
- Take a look at greenelectronics.com. They often pick out "hot deals" on green electronics.
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5 comments:
I was curious what the guys and gals at Dominion thought of this:
"Snuff out the standby mode, save money and planet, say inventors"
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/12/01/snuff-out-the-standby-mode-save-money-and-planet-say-inventors/
excerpt:
..."...10% of the average consumer's power bill is spent in keeping the machine on just enough so that, when you press "on," on it goes."
what say you guys/gals?
Rechargable Batteries are such a great and simple idea. Just don't forget to unplug the charger when the batteries aren't being charged (phantom load).
Hi Larry!
At the US Department of Energy site (http://www.energy.gov/applianceselectronics.htm), they state that "If you live in a typical U.S. home, your appliances and home electronics are responsible for about 20% of your energy bills. More than 75% of that power is consumed while the appliances and electronics are in standby mode."
To reduce the amount of phantom load in your home, plug your computer and entertainment equipment into a power strip and turn the strip off. I checked out the company Good for You, Good for Planet that was referenced in the article and they certainly have some neat gadgets to help conserve.
I have my computer and entertainment system on a power strip. As we say around here, anything that is 'glowing' is still using energy. So all those LED lights in the coffee maker, the glow from TV screen, the digital picture frames ... all are using energy.
You can check out our past blog post on the topic too: http://e-conserve.blogspot.com/2008/06/vampires-in-walls.html
Hope that helps!
Alison
Thanks!
just curious.
why would most appliances not already have this "smart" technology so that they don't use stand-by "vampire" power?
buying a "smart" power strip for each appliance could get pretty expensive because they cost more than $30 each.
Perhaps Dominion would consider selling them..
;-)
Recently I have seen a lot of movement in the recycling area for electronics, but when it comes to gadgets, being environmentally responsible isn’t quite so easy, electronics are neither easy for manufacturers to create nor simple for recyclers to disassemble.
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