@proceedings{32148,
  author = {Daniel L Gerber and Alan K Meier and Robert Hosbach and Richard Liou},
  title = {Emerging Solutions to the Standby Power Problem},
  abstract = {<p>Despite technical advances in efficiency, devices in standby continue to consume a<br />significant amount of energy. Finding practical, cost-effective reductions is difficult. While the<br />power consumption per unit has fallen, the number of units continuously drawing power<br />continues to grow.<br />This work investigates a family of technologies that offers a means of greatly reducing<br />standby consumption in many types of electrical products. The underlying principle involves<br />producing a wake-up signal just before service is needed. The wake-up signal activates a footer<br />switch, which connects the device to the power supply. This work studies and prototypes several<br />methods of generating the wake-up signal. The first generates a wake-up signal from harvested<br />light energy and is applicable to remote-controlled devices with a line of sight activation, such as set-top boxes, ceiling fans, and motorized curtains. The second method uses an RF-based wake-up signal to activate a wake-up radio and is applicable to any wireless products. No single technology will address all standby power situations; however, these emerging solutions appear to have broad applicability to save standby energy in miscellaneous loads.</p>},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {ACEEE 2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings},
  address = {Pacific Grove, CA},
  language = {eng},
}