| Green home electronics are not new; the concept | | | | electronic solutions are twofold: they enable |
| has been around since at least the 1970s. In fact, | | | | consumers to reduce their carbon footprint by |
| Thomas Edison's rival, the little-known but far | | | | saving energy while at the same time reduce |
| more brilliant Nikola Tesla was experimenting with | | | | their energy costs. |
| technologies over a century ago that today's | | | | One of the most popular systems is the intelligent |
| manufacturers of energy efficient electronics are | | | | thermostat that controls the temperature and |
| only now beginning to rediscover and understand. | | | | comfort levels of rooms individually, automatically |
| (What a different place the world would be today | | | | compensating for various times of the day and |
| if Tesla had been taken more seriously!) | | | | other parameters. Just having an intelligent |
| From intelligent thermostats and systems that | | | | thermostat in your home can save a family |
| shut down the lights when people leave the room | | | | hundreds of dollars a year. In addition, these |
| to automated security systems that allow | | | | types of energy efficient electronics can even |
| homeowners to watch over their property from | | | | provide reports of your energy consumption |
| remote locations via the World Wide Web, there | | | | levels, making it easier to identify were resources |
| are green electronic solutions for almost every | | | | are being wasted. |
| home issue. | | | | Other energy saving electronics can be installed |
| Rising Awareness | | | | that control lighting, drapes and curtains and |
| Despite the information put out by the | | | | virtually anything else you can think of. |
| mainstream media, people are increasingly | | | | Such green home electronics are not only for the |
| understanding that we live on a planet with finite | | | | inside, of course; green electronic solutions that |
| resources - and through the increased use of | | | | control sprinkler system and exterior lighting |
| energy efficient electronics, are taking matters | | | | systems in response to changing conditions are |
| into their own hands where their leaders have | | | | also increasingly popular. If you are building a new |
| failed. It is easy today to find a plethora of | | | | home or renovating a new one, you owe it to |
| energy efficient electronics for almost every need | | | | yourself and the planet to see what kinds of |
| imaginable. The advantage of these green | | | | green home electronics are available today. |