• To save electricity, turn off the TV when no one is watching. Leaving the TV on as background noise is an easy habit to get into. While TVs still consume power while they are off, it’s a very small percentage of what they use when they are on.

• Watch TV together. A family of four watching one TV can use as little as a quarter of the energy used by four people watching four separate TVs.

• Why not save energy while you sleep? If you like to fall asleep with the TV on, use the timer feature to ensure the TV doesn’t stay on all night.

Power Down

• Turn down the backlight on your LCD TV. Many LCDs allow you to adjust the intensity of the backlight in your TV, which makes the TV less bright and lowers energy consumption.

• Turn on the power-saver mode if your TV has one. The amount of energy savings will vary drastically depending on the brand and model.