Originally developed for the hotel industry, GreenSwitch, has just hit the residential market with force. Ed Begley has stamped it with his approval showcasing it on his show, Living With Ed. Retrofit the system to all the electronics including lights that are on standby or are only used when you are home. With the flick of a switch when you leave home, all those electronics will be switched off. Instead of running around the home and turn off the phone charger, the laptop, TV, lights, and many more, you can just flick the switch. It claims to save around 25%-45% in energy costs and the costs will be recouped in 10months-2 years.
Let me explain how the system works. First you buy the wall plugs that you will use to plug all the electronics you want to be on the GreenSwitch program. You install them and if for example you have an alarm clock and a light on the same plug but you only want the light to be on the system, you buy a split receptacle. As well if you want to turn on an individual light on you can and you can also reprogram the thermostat. There is one central switch which looks like the picture at the bottom. When you turn it off, it doesn't immediately go off. It allows the user 30s to leave the house, get into bed, etc, before turning off. GreenSwitch will help save you time and energy and all you have to do is flick a switch.
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