New green hi-tech home saves more energy with more efficient electronics systems

When one is obsessed with saving energy he becomes really obsessed. Hence is the case with this particular high-tech house in California. It helps to shed energy by automatically cutting power to its array of high-end electronics. What happens is that when all the electronics are turned off, the phantom load of electricity that home electronics normally use are not drawn at all. In this house the phantom electricity load has been cut by a third by using energy-efficient electronics and automating them to power down completely.

In short the designers for electronics installer SoundVision of Novato, CA simplified turning off the lighting controls and audio/video systems and sought out vampire loads and automated the elimination of those loads.
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