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TrickleStar demo’s their energy saving devices

TrickleStar demo’s their energy saving devices

By Tom Raftery on April 7, 2010

I attended the Smart Grids Europe Conference 2010 in Amsterdam last week. One of the people displaying there was Thomas Joergensen of TrickleStar. TrickleStar are not a Smart Grid company per se, what they offer instead are devices to cut down on energy consumption in the home. As such, their clients are utility companies who […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged energy efficiency, GreenMonkTV, phantom load, smart grid, standby power, tricklestar, vampire power, Video

Forget mobile phone chargers – they are not the problem!

Forget mobile phone chargers – they are not the problem!

By Tom Raftery on February 2, 2010

I participated in the recent IBM Global Eco Jam and there were some fantastic discussions there.
One of the discussions surprised me though – people were still talking about unplugging mobile phone chargers as if that was a significant problem. It is not. On the contrary, it is a dangerous distraction.
Watch the video above. Seriously, do. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Battery charger, current cost, electricity, energy efficiency, kill a watt, led light, Mobile phone, mobile phone charger, plug in electricity meter, power meter, power strip, standby power, vampire power

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