What is standby power energy waste?
The term can be used to define the energy that a product is drawing while it is waiting to be used. A growing number of household electrical devices draw power 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Even when turned off, these appliances and home electronics continue to use electricity — referred to as standby power — to operate features such as • clocks • timers and touch pads • remote controls, and • charging batteries. Battery chargers or external power supplies also draw power when they are plugged in — even if the device they power is fully charged or disconnected and not performing a function. Consumers often believe that their appliance is off, when in fact it is “standing by” and still consuming power. In fact, the only way to guarantee that an electronic device is not drawing power is to unplug it from the outlet.
