Don’t Leave Appliances on Standby

8-10% of the total electricity used in your home is due to appliances left on standby.

Your standby button is an energy-eating monster; some appliances still use 25% of their normal power in standby mode.

Although your TV screen may look dormant, it’s actually using energy at an alarming rate behind that innocent-looking façade. Recent studies have shown that gadgets left on standby are responsible for 4m tonnes of excess carbon dioxide each year.

It’s also estimated that a typical household could save at least 555,000 IDR per year on electricity bills if they always fully switched home appliances off rather than leaving them on standby.

Why don’t start by switching off your appliances now? You’ll be saving energy, money and cutting your carbon emissions.

Filed under: Appliances, Electronics

Compact Fluorescent Bulb

Use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer.

It would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of more than 20,000 cars. If every home in the country did the same, it would be like ditching 800,000 cars and would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year.

So… change your light bulbs.

Filed under: Electronics