A worldwide review of standby power use in homes

Conference · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:795343

Meier, Alan K ^[1]

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1. LBNL Library

Standby power use is the electricity consumed by appliances when they are switched off or not performing their primary purpose. Results from 21 separate field studies of residential standby power use and eight bottom-up national estimates of standby power use in 17 countries were compiled. Average standby power use in the field measurements ranges from about 30 W in China to over 100 W in New Zealand and the United States. The weighted average of the measurements was about 50 W. The bottom-up estimates found that standby power was responsible for 3-12 percent of residential electricity use. There is insufficient information to determine if standby power use is increasing or declining.

• 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: 795343
• Report Number(s): LBNL--49377
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
APPLIANCES
DATA
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
GLOBAL ASPECTS
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SHUTDOWN
STANDBY POWER LEAKING ELECTRICITY WHOLE-HOUSE MEASUREMENT BOTTOM-UP ESTIMATE NEW-PRODUCT MEASUREMENT APPLIANCES RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY USE