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The Impact of Standby Power: Insights from President Bush's Executive Order

This article explores President Bush's sudden interest in standby power and its implications for energy savings. Standby power, the electricity consumed by appliances when they are not in active use, accounts for a significant portion of household electricity usage—approximately 5% in the U.S. We examine the extent of standby energy use in homes, the savings potential highlighted by case studies, and innovative ways to reduce this wasted energy. The findings also contribute to discussions on reducing global CO2 emissions through better energy management practices.

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The Impact of Standby Power: Insights from President Bush's Executive Order

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  1. Why Did President Bush Suddenly Start Talking about Standby Power? Alan Meier Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  2. Standby Energy Use and Energy Savings Opportunities • Why did President Bush get interested in standby power? • How large is standby power? • Savings opportunities

  3. President Bush Saw This Display…. And wrote an Executive Order about standby …

  4. How Large Is Standby?

  5. A TOUR OF LEAKING APPLIANCES IN A TYPICAL US HOME All measurements given in watts

  6. (answering machine) (modem) 6.5 yrs

  7. (baby monitor)

  8. (CO sensor)

  9. (baby monitor)

  10. Total Leaking Electricity: 74 W

  11. 5 W Our New Neptune Draws 5 W

  12. 80.4W Tokyo 80W

  13. New Zealand 125 W

  14. Paris 70 W

  15. How Large Is Standby? • 5% of residential electricity (~50W) • 20 appliances/home • TVs and VCRs down, but number up • No estimates for commercial & industrial • Similar levels in other Europe, Japan • Urban Chinese homes: ~30W already! • ~1% of global CO2 emissions

  16. Reducing Standby Power 3 examples…

  17. Case Study: Internet Appliance

  18. Internet Appliance Savings

  19. Thermographs of Satellite/Internet/DVR Box “OFF” - 17 Watts ON - 21 Watts Power Supply Microprocessor

  20. The 2002 Calypso Washer. It’s bigger, better… and it uses 1/10 the standby power of Neptune.

  21. Reducing Standby Power • Components • Low power components (include displays) • Design • Don’t energize unneeded components • Power Supply • Reduce no-load loss • Improve efficiency at low loads • Move switch to high-voltage side

  22. End More Information akmeier@lbl.gov http://standby.lbl.gov

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