????大家下次給電視或游戲機(jī)通電時(shí),，花點(diǎn)時(shí)間想想這些設(shè)備造成的浪費(fèi)吧,。

????上周三，為發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家提供建議的國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)（International Energy Agency）公布報(bào)告,，分析了聯(lián)網(wǎng)設(shè)備造成的浪費(fèi),，計(jì)算出的數(shù)額之大令人震驚。2013年,，由于全球140億臺(tái)在線電子設(shè)備能效低下,，導(dǎo)致800多億美元的電能白白浪費(fèi)。這些設(shè)備包括打印機(jī),、游戲機(jī)和電視機(jī),。

????這份報(bào)告還指出，到2020年,，隨著洗衣機(jī),、電燈泡和冰箱等設(shè)備也紛紛聯(lián)網(wǎng)，這個(gè)數(shù)字預(yù)計(jì)將攀升至1200億美元,。

????報(bào)告指出,，“在日益數(shù)字化的各大經(jīng)濟(jì)體中，電力需求正在以驚人的速度增長(zhǎng),?！笨偛吭O(shè)在巴黎的國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)現(xiàn)，各類設(shè)備2013年大約消耗了616太瓦時(shí)電能,。問(wèn)題在于,，其中大部分電能是設(shè)備處于待機(jī)模式時(shí)消耗的。

????國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)總干事瑪麗亞?范德胡芬在聲明中稱：“問(wèn)題不在于這些設(shè)備往往處于待機(jī)模式,，而在于它們維持聯(lián)網(wǎng)狀態(tài),、與網(wǎng)絡(luò)通信所耗費(fèi)的電能過(guò)多?！?/p>

????國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)還表示,，設(shè)備上的“待機(jī)”選項(xiàng)“名不副實(shí)”?！按龣C(jī)”聽(tīng)起來(lái)感覺(jué)設(shè)備已經(jīng)休眠,，幾乎跟關(guān)機(jī)差不多。但國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)現(xiàn),，事實(shí)并非如此,。該機(jī)構(gòu)表示：“事實(shí)上，大多數(shù)可聯(lián)網(wǎng)設(shè)備在待機(jī)模式下與被激活執(zhí)行主要任務(wù)時(shí)的能耗一樣大,?！?/p>

????范德胡芬補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“通過(guò)采用當(dāng)今最先進(jìn)的技術(shù)，這類設(shè)備能在待機(jī)模式下執(zhí)行完全一樣的任務(wù),，同時(shí)少消耗約65％的電能,?！?/p>

????國(guó)際能源機(jī)構(gòu)稱，采用更高效技術(shù)所能節(jié)省的電能相當(dāng)于減少6億多公噸二氧化碳排放,，或關(guān)閉200座燃煤發(fā)電廠,。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：項(xiàng)航

????The next time you power on your television or game consoles, take a second to think about the waste associated with it.

????A report by the International Energy Agency, an organizations that advises developed nations, released on Wednesday did just that and the sum is astounding. Over $80 billion in power was spent unnecessarily in 2013 because of inefficiencies with the world’s 14 billion online electronic devices, including printers, gaming consoles and televisions.

????By 2020, that number is expected to climb to $120 billion as more devices like washing machines, light bulbs and refrigerators are connect online, according to the report.

????“Electricity demand of our increasingly digital economies is growing at an alarming rate,” the report said. The IEA, which is based in Paris, found that devices consumed about 616 terawatt-hours of power in 2013. The catch? Most of that power was used while the devices were in standby mode.

????“The problem is not that these devices are often in standby mode, but rather that they typically use much more power than they should to maintain a connection and communicate with the network,” said Maria Van der Hoeven, the IEA’s executive director, in a statement.

????The IEA also said that the idea of the standby option on a devise is a “misnomer.” While it “suggests that the device has gone to sleep and is almost off,” the agency found that’s not the case. “In reality, most network-enabled devices draw as much power in this mode as when activated to perform their main tasks,” theagency explained.

????“Just by using today’s best-available technology, such devices could perform exactly the same tasks in standby while consuming around 65 percent less power,” she added.

????To put it in perspective, the agency said that more efficient technologies could save the equivalent of over 600 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, or closing the doors on 200 coal-fired power plants.