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This is a great example of a green product that will save you money. It’s the Energenie Automatic Standby Shutdown.

It’s quite simple and quite clever. You plug your laptop, TV or entertainment system into the Energenie. Then you plug the Energenie into the the plug socket. Whenever your appliance goes on to standby mode, the Energenie will cut off electricity. Taken from the Energenie website:

After going into standby mode, Energenie automatically cuts off the electricity supply, reducing your energy consumption and saving you money. It’s quick, safe and simple.

Standby Shutdown is 13 amp rated so you can use it with any appliance that goes into standby mode including…
Television, DVD player, Radio, CD player / Hi-fi, PC monitor, Printer, Games console

The Energenie will cost £12.99, which from the website appears to be a special introductory price. Personally, I would love to see bulk-order discounts to encourage using these on several appliances at once.

As Alternative Consumer points out, the downside is if you have multiple appliances connected at once. All will be shut off once one appliance is placed on standby.