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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