{"id":547,"date":"2007-03-28T07:30:31","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/electrical\/home-automation\/can-we-really-afford-to-standby"},"modified":"2016-10-16T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:46:55","slug":"can-we-really-afford-to-standby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/electrical\/home-automation\/can-we-really-afford-to-standby\/","title":{"rendered":"Can We Really Afford To Standby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" alt=\"Can We Really Afford To Standby? \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/domia\/child-world.jpg\" \/>The Energy Saving Trust\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Habits of Lifetime\u00e2\u20ac\u009d survey concluded that 71% of householders admit to leaving appliances on standby; surely in a world of climate change, we all have a responsibility to protect our environment and the world we live in for our children?<\/p>\n<p>It costs the average UK household \u00c2\u00a337 a year to leave their appliances on standby; this is equivalent to the annual output of about 2\u00c2\u00bd 700MW power stations!<\/p>\n<p>Households in the UK now waste around 10% of their electricity bill on standby power; the average household has up to 12 gadgets left on standby or charging at any one time.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Saving Trust advises us to switch appliances off at the wall\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but how many do, to the detriment of the world we live in?<\/p>\n<p>Domia has responded to the problem by creating a product, which is both simple and affordable for consumers:<\/p>\n<p>Bye Bye Standby is a new energy saving and cost cutting solution, designed for both home and office use; it is a clever combination of smart sockets and a wireless remote control, enabling users to cut power to any appliance in standby mode at the simple touch of a button.<\/p>\n<p>An independent test confirms that a family of four using three Bye Bye Standby devices, will save around \u00c2\u00a338 per annum, confirming the claim made by the Energy Saving Trust.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nFurthermore, if the majority of UK households were to use this energy saving kit, we could save around 8.4 TWh of energy (about half the power<br \/>\noutput of a coal-fired power station)!<\/p>\n<p>The Bye Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit retails at \u00c2\u00a329.99.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the website for more information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.byebyestandby.co.uk<br \/>\n<strong>Tel:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong> (01908) 357707<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Energy Saving Trust\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Habits of Lifetime\u00e2\u20ac\u009d survey concluded that 71% of householders admit to leaving appliances on standby; surely in a world of climate change, we all have a responsibility to protect our environment and the world we live in for our children? It costs the average UK household \u00c2\u00a337 a year to leave their appliances on standby; this is equivalent to the annual output of about 2\u00c2\u00bd 700MW power stations! Households in the UK now waste around 10% of their electricity bill on standby power; the average household has up to 12 gadgets left on standby or charging &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/electrical\/home-automation\/can-we-really-afford-to-standby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7729,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/7729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}