Don't Forget to Turn Your House Off

Here's a great idea, a whole house on-off switch. So many of our appliances are really still on and using power even when they're supposedly "off." This nifty switch lets you truly turn off the whole house when you leave or go to bed. Critical appliances can be plugged into a few particular outlets outside the whole house switch's circuit. We're in a wired world, and you'd have to plan carefully what could and couldn't be placed on such a circuit, for practical purposes. But just like anything else, clever design and careful planning are what make the difference between good and great. This is a really clever idea that's worth more consideration. It just shows how we could make a real difference by just taking a fresh look at the things we take as a given.




Via treehugger. Also see Yanko Design.

Image credit - Yanko Design post