New TVs consuming significantly less energy
Thursday, 28 July 2011 2:27 PM
If you've bought a new TV recently you could find your energy bill dropping slightly, as new data suggests that televisions are now considerably more energy efficient than they were just five years ago.
Research by energy efficiency website Sust-it suggests that, on average, new TVs are now 60 per cent more efficient than they were in 2006. In addition, the decrease in stand-by consumption over the same period was nearly 100 per cent.
According to the study, in 2006 a 42-inch plasma TV could cost around £77.93 per year to run (at today’s prices). A similar model bought today would use nearly six times less energy, produce 264.90kg less carbon and cost only £13.76 to run per year.
Energy-saving experts from Sust-it said that, ten or so years ago when LCD and plasma TVs hit the market, salesmen failed to mention just how greedily the machines guzzled energy.
With TVs accounting for between six and eight per cent of the global domestic electricity usage, Sust-it's in-house expert Ross Lammas warned: "Whilst we welcome the stunning reduction in energy consumption of TVs, consumers need to be wary of old energy-hungry plasma models, which are still available and will be difficult to spot until new energy labels for TVs become mandatory in December 2011. My advice is go for an LED model.”
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