The Red Ferret Journal

The new Energy Saver Universal Remote Control from One for All is designed to help save your energy consumption bills as well as your legs. You can use it as a traditional universal remote for up to four devices, but also switch off all your A/V machines in one go using the ‘green’ button. No more standby for you Mr Greedy. £39.99.

 The One For All Energy Saver remote comes pre-programmed to control the Power Plug, so you just press the special energy-saving green button on the remote to make an energy saving of 90%. A typical set of a/v equipment uses 9.7 Watts an hour if left on standby but by using the ‘Energy Saver’, this can be cut down to 0.9 Watts! Research shows** that a TV LCD consumes 1.5 Watts per hour in standby mode, a total of 11.49 Kilowatts per year on standby assuming the TV is in use three hours a day. A satellite receiver uses 6 Watts an hour or 45.99 Kilowatts annually.