{"id":257,"date":"2010-04-20T20:47:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T01:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2010-06-29T22:55:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T03:55:15","slug":"home-electronic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/home-electronic\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Electronics &#8211; reducing energy use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your home electronics &#8211; TV&#8217;s and gaming systems &#8211; may be costing you much more than you think. Did you know that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TV-related energy use has <strong>tripled<\/strong> in the last 10 years (estimate by Cal. Utility Comm\u2019n)<\/li>\n<li>Game consoles use almost as power in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">idle mode<\/span> as they do while you are actively playing. If you don\u2019t turn off a PlayStation3, for example, you are paying for about 170 watts an hour. Over the course of a year, a PlayStation3 left on continuously could cost over $200.<\/li>\n<li>Turning off the TV does <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> turn off the game console. Unless the console itself is turned off, it is still in idle, using nearly full power.<\/li>\n<li>Playstation3 and Xbox360 use 7-9 times as much power as Wii (19 watts).<\/li>\n<li>Watching a DVD through a game console uses 4-7 times the energy as watching it through a Blu-Ray player or DVD player.<\/li>\n<li>Source: Natural Resources Defense Council, Lowering the Cost of Play, Nov., 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Energy and Money saving tips for gaming: <\/strong>Turn it off: Save the game and turn off the console as well as the TV. \u00a0Avoid watching movies through the game console.<\/p>\n<p>Big Screen Televisions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most plasmas (about 200-500 watts) use 2-3 times more electricity than LCD\u2019s. (This may vary, however. Always check power usage of individual sets. One source is CNET.com)<\/li>\n<li>No matter what kind of TV you buy, the bigger the screen, the higher the energy usage. A 52-inch LCD uses twice the energy as a 32-inch LCD.<\/li>\n<li>Overly bright pictures waste energy. Many TV\u2019s (especially before 2009) were set on \u201cbright\u201d as the default setting. Calibrating plasmas to tone down the picture saves energy and money; LCD backlight can be adjusted to save energy.<\/li>\n<li>Early Energy Star television ratings were based only on use of standby power, not operating power. The Nov., 2008 rating was somewhat more strict. A new EnergyStar 4.0 will be a more meaningful rating.<\/li>\n<li>Source: CNET Energy Efficiency Guide\u00a0 http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/green-tech\/tv-power-efficiency\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Energy-saving tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep your old TV if you can. The \u201cold-fashioned\u201d sets, since they are generally small, are moderate in their energy use.<\/li>\n<li>If you do buy, look for the new EnergyStar4.0 rating (May, 2010) and buy a smaller screen.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the \u201cquick start\u201d option \u2013 this uses more standby power when the TV is off. Turn on the \u201cpower saver\u201d mode.<\/li>\n<li>Consider having your plasma TV calibrated and try reducing the backlight on the LCD.<\/li>\n<li>Put your TV and other equipment on a power strip with an on\/off switch to avoid phantom power.<\/li>\n<li>What to watch for: LED lighting technology is now being used for TV&#8217;s. This saves dramatic amounts of power. Prices will come down as the technology advances. Again, smaller screens use less energy (and are less expensive).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Green Needham&#8217;s April, 2010 meeting featured a presentation and discussion on reducing your home electronics energy use. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Electronic-Appliances-April-2010-Meeting.pdf\">A PDF of the presentation slides is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"__ss_3729891\" style=\"width: 425px;\"><strong><a title=\"Electronic Appliances April 2010 Meeting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/greenneedham\/electronic-appliances-april-2010-meeting\">Electronic Appliances April 2010 Meeting<\/a><\/strong><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=electronicappliancesapril2010meeting-100414225832-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=electronic-appliances-april-2010-meeting\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=electronicappliancesapril2010meeting-100414225832-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=electronic-appliances-april-2010-meeting\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px 0 12px;\">View more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">presentations<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/greenneedham\">Green Needham<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Questions or comments?  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