Switching off CO2

Published: 21 October 2008 y., Tuesday

A European Commission study found that devices left on stand-by throughout the European Union in 2005 consumed the same amount of electrical energy as a country the size of Greece or Portugal in 2008.

 

One Spanish company has come up with a solution - one that removes the troublesome human factor.

 

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