Energy cost of PCs on standby
Published April 23rd, 2006
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Electrical power has changed our lives and given us phenomenal freedoms, from talking to people around the world, to going to the moon.
But do we know just how much power we are using when we switch things off or put them into standby mode?
Energy management consultant John Field says: “Electronic devices like TV or video or stereos, anything which has a remote control, have to be live so you can switch on remotely.
“There is nothing to stop you switching it off physically, but if you are going to switch it off with the remote control, then something at the other end within the box has to be live.
“It has to have power and electronics operating, so there’s a bit of what’s called standby power.”
Ultimately, using your remote control can use more power than getting off your backside and pressing the buttons yourself.
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