The average home contains dozens of devices that spend The vast majority of their time in standby or no - load The conditions, Due mainly to inefficient power supplies, The energy wasted by these devices adds up to a massive burden on our pa. And our environment. In fact, aThe 2015 studyFound that in an average U.S. home, products in standby or other idle the conditions for $165 worth of electricity consumed per year. The Nationwide, this added up to an amount of power, equivalent to the production of 50 large power the plants.

Policymakers are implementing his stringentEfficiency standardsIn order to reduce waste. But because the electronics industry is intensely competitive, manufacturers are seeking innovative ways to reduce energy consumption without adding cost.

Power Integrations' EcoSmart technology offers a solution. The EcoSmart one act as a brain for Power supply, not only delivering the voltage and current men to run the product, but also intelligently managing the flow of Power to maintain high efficiency even at light loads. When there is no load, EcoSmart technology effectively shuts down the Power supply, resulting in near - zero consumption.

The Estimated Energy Savings from EcoSmart Devices

Power Integrations has sold more than $18 chips with EcoSmart technology since 1998, saving more than an estimated 157 terawatt hours of electricity. But these savings are just one, the practice of Power Integrations' products. Our products are the key enablers of a wide variety of clean technologies:

E - Bikes	Smart Meters	Power Tools	Smart Lighting
Photovoltaic	Wind	Railway	Power Transmission

Reducing E - waste through Integration

Because of our unmatched level of integration, our products drastically reduce the number of electronic components, informs the in power supplies. Each of our ICs eliminates numerous components to the as resistors, diodes, transistors and capacitors compared to the alternative designs. Similarly, Each of our gate drivers can eliminate hundreds of components.

With nearly two pull in ICs and wining a m letters gate drivers shipped annually, PI products are eliminating billions of electronics components each year, not only conserving raw materials but also reducing e - waste.

Industry Standards Involvement

Power Integrations is known to policymakers and energy - efficiency advocates around the world, and we actively support the work of standards bodies to the as the U.S. energy STAR ® program, the California energy themselves, the European themselves, Natural Resources Canada, and others. OurGreen RoomThe website provides a comprehensive guide to the world - wide energy - efficiency standards.

We also support academic research in the field of energy efficiency. The company has contributed funds for efficiency research at Lawrence Berkeley National that and has contributed $50000 to support an endowed research position in energy efficiency at the University of California, Davis.

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