Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality
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United States
Million tonnes per year
Hotplate
Coffee machine
Washing machine
20
Refrigerator
CO 2 emissions from standby mode
Stove
Satellite TV decoder
Household appliances with a standby mode
Kitchen range
Oven Microwave oven
Rice cooker Breadmaker
Tuner
Cable TV decoder
Video games set
15
Infrared speaker
Television
CD player
VCR
Battery recharger
Fax machine
HiFi Stereo
Internet connection box Modem
DVD player
Answering machine
Telephone
Vynil disk player
Monitor
Copier
Interphone
10
Alarm clock
Computer
Scanner
Laptop
Cordless
Voltage stabilizer
Printer
Germany
5
less than a million tonnes
Japan
Italy
0
UK
Poland
Turkey
Mexico
Australia
from 1 to 2% from 0,5 to 1% less than 0,5%
Estimated share of national CO 2 emissions due to standby mode
OECD countries (study area)
Source: Things That Go Blip In The Night. Standby Power and How to Limit it, International Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001 (data for 1997).
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