Be careful with standby mode of electronic equipment

On the latest estimates, amounting to 5% of electricity usage in the United States by electronic equipment connected to the network is left in standby mode condition.

A phenomenon, which according to experts, including fear, as well as rising oil prices and global warming.

According to the United States Department of Energy, DOE, in the year 2010 this percentage could reach 20%.

In California alone, a proposal related to the matters have been approved by policy makers. The proposal proposes to add vampire electronics labels to an electronic product, which explains how much energy is used in the charger, computer, DVD player, PlayStation, microwave or coffee maker, at the time of ON, OFF or in standby.

Electronic equipment using displays such as the appointment time or condition of such equipment also consumes electricity during standby. Not much different from the case with equipment that require battery recharging, such as cell phones, PDAs, laptops, etc., also consume electricity, even though the equipment has reached the capacity of the filling.

It is not many people know about this problem. Electricity which is used for electronic equipment in your home, it used 405 electronic equipment in a state of standby.

He suggested that, your computer equipment, including a printer or scanner, connected to one AC connector (power jack), which can be turned off after use.

The International Energy Agency estimates that energy use even when the electronic equipment on standby for 200 to 400 TerraWatt hours per year. Still according to the IEA, the Italian electricity consumption amounted to 300 TW hours per year.

Accordingly, Energy Star, a program coordinated by the DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to identify some equipment that consumes less energy. If one of 10 houses only use the equipment in accordance with the program, the Energy Department estimates, there will be a big reduction in carbon emissions by planting trees at an area of 1.7 million acres or about 687,990 hectares.