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Home Electronics
Residential electricity use by consumer electronic products is responsible for approximately 15% of household electricity use.*
Save Energy, Save Money
Home electronic products use energy when they're off to power features like clock displays and remote controls. U.S. households spend $100 per year to power devices while they are in this "standby" power mode. Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR use less energy to perform these functions, while providing the same performance and features as conventional models. Using less energy preserves energy resources and helps reduce the risks of global warming while saving money on energy bills.
Help Protect the Environment
Simple actions can make a big difference. The average home has two TVs, three telephones, and a DVD player. If these items were replaced with ENERGY STAR qualified models, it would save over 25 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to that of more than 2 million cars.
*Source: ENERGY STAR Factoid Worksheet for 2008, EIA Table 4_residential elec end use 2008, personal communication with John Cymbalsky at EIA (6/4/08), and "Energy Consumption by Consumer Electronics in U.S. Residences," Tiax, January 2007
