Is it possible to balance having a green home and electronic home?

I love my two big TVs and want to add a multiroom A/V distribution and overall control system as well, but I am starting to feel guilty for having a house that sucks so much energy. - Fred, Pomona, CA The U.S. Department of Energy says that residential electricity use by consumer electronic products is responsible for more than 25% of household electricity use. Home electronic products use energy when they’re off to power features like clock displays and remote controls. I would look for Energy Star related TV’s and other electronics. They use as much as 60% less energy to perform these functions, while providing the same performance at the same price as less-efficient models. Less energy means you pay less on your energy bill. Let me give you another statistic where simple actions can make a big difference. The average home has roughly two TVs, a VCR, a DVD player and three telephones. If these items were replaced with Energy Star models, it would save over 25 billion pounds of ...  more