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Bye Bye Ugly A/C Bricks and Power Strips
The Energy Saving Adapters by Gilles Belley not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. Each module corresponds to a device and monitors the power consumption independently. Most electrical devices have a standby mode to save energy but even then, about 10% of today’s electrical costs come from appliances wasting energy in that mode. The Energy Saving Adapters can detect this and display symbolic symbols notifying the owner of wasted energy. If someone doesn’t respond within 3 minutes, it automatically turns off said device.
It’s a gorgeous solution to visually show people how much power they’re wasting but there’s a catch 22 here. Someone like me would probably purposely leave everything on just to see the pretty lights on the adapters glow.
Designer: Gilles Belley & EDF Design
44 Comments »
anarko_bizounours says
This is cool, but this produce was envisaged for different electric norm like, japanese norm, or french norm?
Futureboy says
Ugh. Someone tell the genius designer that if he just cuts the power, to, say, an inkjet printer as shown, that the heads aren’t going to be parked and it’ll leak ink and dry out rapidly, causing much more expense and waste.
Lyberty says
Go tell the genius designers of the the inkjet printers.
says says
wouldn’t that mean that when you have your inkjet on standby, the heads arent ‘parked’. they would dry out anyway? a printer was probably a bad example, especially with home use because people turn them off anyway.
nice solution to the clutter though!
Shu says
Nice idea to clean things up. I like the fact that most out let hangs below the table’s surface. I hope it becomes available soon. I hope that the cords can be modular too, I need a 30ft(10m) cord to the only outlet in my workshop.
lodzik says
all thees stuff are totally weak
Michael says
Um…what other kind of symbols are there?
Hyeros says
Woowww. it’s great. How can i buy that thing?
snorski says
all good and wel… but where do I buy them?
dong says
It’s awesome. when can we get this?
Daniel says
Cant they just publish where you can buy these things?
soteres says
WHERE can i buy it ??????
flescio says
where can we buy it ???
Ketryturn says
Привет.
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Если нужно, то есть сертификаты ещё.
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Это не спам. Не пишите на мой WMID жалобы в арбитраж Вебмани.
star-to-be says
it’s just in concept stage my friend..
the 3D rendering made it real..
anyway, brilliant idea! good job!
lord snivel says
Shopped
Jeff says
And the power bricks go… where?
cristina says
hello..want to contact the producer of the electricity saving device in stand by .Want to bring it to Chile.
Please tel me the contact.
thanks
cris
terry says
http://www.healthesmoke.webatu.com
Very cool design.An easy, visually appealing way to cut down energy usage
Skeptic says
10% of electricity use is appliances in standby mode? What nonsense. Who makes this stuff up? *Maybe* a stereo, tv or cell phone charger might be 10%, but to imply these are significant compared to air conditioners, refrigerators, and industrial equipment is just stupid.
dwindle says
Yes, it mostly applies to things like cell phones which use virtually no electricity to begin with.
dwindle says
A better idea would be to simply introduce secondary low voltage power in homes, for instance 5 volt plugs next to the ac where all devices share the same transformer instead of each having it’s own wasteful and bulky power brick. AC voltage dates back to a time when everything was high voltage ac. Today, it’s only necessary for refrigeration, ventilation, and heat.
Mike says
This is by far one of the most inventive, problem solving, diding, ergonomic idea this year to me.
Mike says
*tiding
Jens says
So it’s basically just a power brick bar attached to my desk?
Where the hell are the powerbricks going?