GE Ecomagination: Challenge Green Lite

This entry seeks to find a way to broaden our consciousness of our electrical consumption through visual cues and information modeling. The primary issue we would like to “illuminate” is Phantom Power Loads from electronic devices and appliances. Most electronic devices continue to draw a small amount of power when they are switched off. The power consumed in stand-by mode is generally used for remote control features and clock functions. Power adapters for laptops, cell phones and personal media players consume power without providing such features and continue to drain precious resources even when not powering or charging the intended device. The average home expends 75% of its total electricity usage on Phantom Power Loads, essentially wasting 3/4 of our resources and ranking as one of the major contributors to green house gasses. Phantom Power Loads represents a staggering 11% of all electricity produced.