Meter Corps: Section 2 Table of Contents
2.1. The Mission of the GEC Meter Corps
The Mission of the GEC Meter Corps is to help consumers (i.e. your home, neighborhood, community, schools, businesses) identify and eliminate standby power consumption, reduce associated carbon emissions and avoid unnecessary electricity costs.
2.2. Meter Corps – Measuring Standby Power
The Meter Corps focuses solely on the elimination of standby electric power. One current estimate indicates that residential consumers in the U.S. spend over 4 billion dollars on standby power every year and emit 80 million metric tons of carbon. The GEC objective is to eliminate this unnecessary cost and pollution.
2.3. Definition & Scope of Standby Power
“Standby power, also called vampire power, phantom load, or leaking electricity, refers to the electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby mode. A very common "electricity vampire" is a power adapter which has no power-off switch."
2.4. Standby Power Consumption Reference Guide
This includes a bar chart and table that gives maximum, minimum and average standby power loads for the following for all types of appliances. This is also where you will find the 2-digit GEC Code number for appliances.
2.5. FEMP Standby Power Consumption Guidelines
Includes a “Summary Table of FEMP Recommended Levels of Standby Power” from the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), which can be used as a quick reference sheet for identifying recommended appliance standby power loads.
2.6. Whole House Standby Power Consumption
Whole house consumption of standby power (meaning the total standby power consumption of all appliances in a home) varies geographically and demographically. This is due to climatic factors, family composition and wealth, among other reasons.
2.7. Green Earth Corps Standby Power Data Entry Form
Printable auditing/data collection forms accompanied with step-by-step instructions on how to use and fill out.