date-created: '2010-06-17'
date-updated: '2025-11-28'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'ECM - Phantom power reduction (smart power bars)'
description: 'Download ECM now! Standby power or "phantom power" is defined as the power consumed by electric and electronic devices, such as computers and television sets, when they are plugged in but not performing their desired task, even if they are not turned on. This power consumption has been quantified as representing more than $3 billion in annual energy costs in the continental United States. Much of this cost is avoidable in both residential and commercial applications through the use of "smart strip" power bars.'
intended-use: 'saving energy'
keywords:
    - 'Phantom power'
    - 'smart power bars'
    - 'energy saving'
    - 'Energy conservation measures'
    - 'Energy audit'
    - 'Energy efficiency'
    - Finance
    - Engineering
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/ECM_-_Phantom_power_reduction_(smart_power_bars)'
contact:
    name: 'User:M. Urquhart'
    social:
        platform: Appropedia
        user-handle: 'User:M. Urquhart'
version: 40
development-stage: Verified
made: false
variant-of:
    title: 'Green IT'
    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Green_IT'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:M. Urquhart'
    affliation: 'Category:Queens University, Kingston'
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/User:M._Urquhart'
documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/ECM_-_Phantom_power_reduction_(smart_power_bars)'
documentation-language: en