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Belkin Conserve Products Tell You Exactly How Much Energy You Waste

by Amar Toor on June 17, 2010 at 06:45 AM

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As the world continues to partake in the effort to avoid environmental disaster, individual consumer behavior has become increasingly important -- especially when it comes to energy consumption. With this in mind, Belkin has just introduced a new line of gadgets to help you kilowatt-hour counters out there to be a little more vigilant about consumption.

Included among the lineup of Belkin Conserve products is something called the Conserve Insight, an attachable meter that tells you exactly how much electricity you're using with a given appliance, displaying exactly how much your wasteful behavior would cost you over the course of a month or year. The Conserve Valet, meanwhile, is designed to automatically turn off power sources once your cell phone or iPod is fully charged, a feature that could extend the life of your gadget's battery. Belkin's Conservative Socket functions as a timed electrical socket that prevents disasters when you forgetfully leave a high-powered device plugged in for extended periods. Perhaps best of all, though, is the Conserve Smart AV, a surge protector that automatically detects when your plugged-in gadgets are turned off, and then immediately cuts off the power source.

As CrunchGear points out, all the Conserve products are reasonably priced, with none of the aforementioned costing more than $39.99. And, depending on your habits, any one of these could end up more than covering the overhead cost in the long run. At the very least, you'll have a better, quantifiable measure for your energy consumption, and a healthier conscience after you've cleaned up ship. [From: CrunchGear]

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