It’s late at night, you wake from a deep sleep and see a red glowing eye staring at you from across the room. “Tis some visitor,” you mutter, “staring from atop my dress-or.” You blink a few more times and realize this isn’t some Poe-esque dream, but in fact, there is a consumer of Vampire Energy sitting on your dresser. Who is this nefarious intruder? It is none other than your 32” LCD television in the diabolical standby mode!
Vampire Energy is energy that your electrical items use when plugged in, but not in use. These are items like your computer, cable box, or cordless power tools that are sitting in the charging station. On average 13.44% of your annual energy costs are from Vampire Energy, and that can average to around $200 per household a year!
If energy efficiency is important to you, it’s worth your time to learn more about Vampire Energy and the ways to banish it back from whence it came. The article below is a great resource on the topic from our friends over at SaveOnEnergy. It includes a guide of which rooms typically contain the biggest culprits of wasted energy and the cost differences between devices that are asleep, idle, or completely off. Check it out so you won’t lose any more sleep.
https://www.saveonenergy.com/learning-center/mapping-vampire-energy/