According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy, the average American home owner spends about $1,900 on energy costs every year. A change to appliances that have earned the ENERGY STAR rating, and consumers can save an average of $80 a year in energy costs, while saving the environment.
When buying an appliance, there are really two price tags: the take-home price tag and what is paid for the energy and water it uses. ENERGY STAR qualified appliances incorporate advanced technologies that use 10–50% less energy and water than standard models. The money your customers save on utility bills can make your products much more attractive. For the customer, choosing ENERGY STAR models are a way to keep saving money for years to come.
Simple actions can make a big difference. If just one in 10 homes used ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, the change would be like planting 1.7 million new acres of trees.
Bias Power AC to DC Standby Switching Power Supplies can help you shortcut product design changes to help meet the prized Energy Star certification. Green power design is a combination of many factors. These include "right sizing" the power supply for the product, powering only those circuits that need to be powered in standby or sleep mode, efficient design and more. At Bias, we not only provide highly efficient power supplies for standby, we become an extension of your engineering department to help you improve your product. Call us to learn more and see how we can also assist you in evaluating other ways to make your product less power hungry while it sleeps.
For more about the Energy Star program, click on the link below.
