Daily Detox: Beware the Phantom

There’s something creeping around your appliances and electronics: an energy sucking phantom, load that is. Even in standby mode, computers, TVs, DVD players and appliances continue to use energy. The US EPA estimates that up to 75% of energy used in the average home is actually wasted to electronics and appliances in standby mode. Beware the phantom…

Want to know just how much kilowatts your phantom eats up? Try the P3 International Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor. It tells you straight up whats being consumed. Watching the meter spin per appliance is motivation to use power strips or manually unplug electronics and appliances when they are not being used.

Got a bad memory? Let the Energy Saving Smart Strip with Autoswitching Technology autoswitch your devices on/off automatically to save you money on your electric bills.

The phantom lurks so stop feeding it and save energy.

Read more:

• Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet at NYT
  
• CO2 Saver at Snap.com
  
• How to Green Your Electricity at TreeHugger