SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REDUCING STANDBY POWER AND MONITORING ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMED BY HOME APPLIANCES AND HOME NETWORK DEVICES

摘要

This invention relates to an energy consumption monitoring and standby power saving system and methods for the home appliances and home network devices that is capable of; automatically shutting off not only passive standby power but also active standby power which is unnecessarily consumed in the residential environment including homes and offices; realtime monitoring of the amount of consumed electrical energy of a specific appliance for a specific period; and providing various power related additional services through transmission of the collected data to power suppliers and service providers. According to one feature of the present invention, it provides an energy consumption monitoring and standby power saving system which is connected to home appliances and detects the amount of the power consumption of corresponding home appliances, and includes more than two energy saving nodes which approve application or shut-off power to corresponding home appliances, and an energy saving server which is connected to each of said energy saving nodes and collecting various status information of corresponding home appliances including said amount of power consumption from said nodes.