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Jonathan Sweet - Remodeling Notes


Jay Sweet
As senior editor of Professional Remodeler, a lot of information crosses my desk. This blog will be a chance to share some of that with you, with an immediacy not possible with a monthly magazine. It's also your chance to tell me what you think about what I have to say. Whether you agree or disagree, I hope you won't be shy.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Europe taking on the vampires

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The always-on appliances in our homes (cable/satellite boxes, coffee makers, etc.) are one of the biggest wasters of electricity. (Our Green Building Curmudgeon, Carl Seville, wrote about these "vampires" a couple of months ago.)

Well, in Europe at least, there's good news on that front, with the European Union moving toward regulations that would limit how much energy appliances can use in stand-by mode. There's no similar limits in the U.S., but as the author points out, most manufacturers will make the change across their product lines rather than producing separate devices for the European and North American markets, so we could see some benefit here as well.

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