National energy use of consumer electronics in 1999

Conference · Tue Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:795323

Rosen, Karen ^[1]; Meier, Alan; Zandelin, Stefan

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The major consumer electronics in U.S. homes accounted for nearly 7 percent of U.S. residential electricity consumption in 1999. We attribute more than half of this figure (3.6 percent) to televisions, videocassette recorders, and DVD players, and nearly one-third (1.8 percent) to audio products. Set-top boxes currently account for a relatively small fraction of residential electricity use (0.7 percent), but we expect this end-use to grow quickly with the proliferation of digital set-top boxes, which currently use 40 percent more energy per unit than the average TV set. In all, these consumer electronics plus telephone products consumed 75 TWh in the U.S. in 1999, half of which was consumed while the products were not in use. This energy use is expected to grow as products with new or advanced functionality hit the market.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 795323
• Report Number(s): LBNL--45988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
STANDBY POWER LEAKING ELECTRICITY SET-TOP BOXES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ELECTRICITY USE RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY USE
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