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Just How Much Power Do Your Electronics Use When They Are ‘Off’?

May 7, 2016/

Roughly 50 devices and appliances in the typical American household are always drawing power, even when they appear to be off, estimates Alan Meier, a senior scientist at the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab.

About a quarter of all residential energy consumption is used on devices in idle power mode

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/science/just-how-much-power-do-your-electronics-use-when-they-are-off.html

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