# New Federal Standards Cut “Vampire” Energy Waste

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/06/new-federal-standards-cut-vampire-energy-waste/
- Published: 2013-06-03T23:00:34-04:00
- Author: greenguruguides

# _Offer Hope that the White House and DOE Are Addressing Delays to Energy Efficiency Standards_

So U.S. Energy [Secretary Ernest Moniz](https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/12/energy-department-invests-13-million-to-drive-innovative-u-s-solar-manufacturing/)
announced new national energy efficiency standards for microwave ovens on Friday.
I mean energy standards that will take a bite out of standby (or “vampire”) power.
Just as important, completion of this long-delayed rule offers hope. Especially 
that the White House and the Department of Energy (DOE) are ready to put an end 
to the delays. All that have been plaguing new efficiency standards. Moreover for
the past couple of years.

[⌊Microwave oven Secretary ernest moniz⌉⌊Microwave oven Secretary ernest moniz⌉[

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First, let’s talk about microwaves. With a few simple changes,[ energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/08/10-largest-wind-project-development-2022/)
wasted by microwaves can be reduced to almost zero. In addition, a typical microwave
spends only about 70 hours heating up food over the course of a year. For the remaining
8,690 hours (99% of the time), the microwave also consumes energy continuously. 
For that’s to power the clock display and also the electronic controls. But some
microwaves waste more energy than others. The microwaves that waste the most energy
in standby mode consume about 4 watts of standby power, which adds up to about 35
kilowatt-hours (kWh) over the course of a year. The new efficiency standards, which
will take effect in 2016, will limit standby power consumption to just 1 watt for
most microwaves…

To continue reading the blog post visit: [https://aceee.org/blog/2013/06/new-standards-cut-vampire-energy-wast](https://aceee.org/blog/2013/06/new-standards-cut-vampire-energy-wast)

[ACEEE](https://web.archive.org/web/20190824231044/https://aceee.org/): The American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

ASAP: The Appliance Standards Awareness Project [appliance-standards.org](https://appliance-standards.org/)/.

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