Reply #7: My 3 year old TV is "Energy Star" rated and only consumes 0.5Watts in standby [View All]

[Kolesar]

Funny is that I actually bothered to look that up earlier this morning. Note folks, that these are voluntary standards. Toshiba deserves credit for conforming to Energy Star. This 32" TV that somebody gave me actually consumes 110W in operate mode which is much better than my 1995 Panasonic 27" TV that consumes ~180W. However, I think mandatory efficiency standards on a huge number of products are the way to go.
http://www.energystar.gov/
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/prod_lists/tv_vcr_prod_list.pdf

I wish those data tables had the power in "operate" mode. Someone building a photovoltaic system would need to know the consumption of all the products they are buying.

I also dug up some electricity bills and determined that the two of us only use ~350 kWh/month. I think the national average is 1000 kWh/month.