A number of products to help you track and manage your energy consumption.
Here's a sampling:
VAMPIRES AMONG US
Vampire power may sound like a radical movement of "Twilight" fans, but it is far more mundane. The open secret is this: The things you turn off, like televisions, DVD players, cable boxes? They're not really "off." Many devices have to maintain a trickle of electricity (indicated by those little red LEDs that glow) to receive a signal from a remote control or display a digital clock.
This has been more an offense to people's principles than to their finances. Until recently, the only way to ensure that these things were truly power-free was to take direct, manual action, like unplugging the TV from the wall or turning off a power strip's switch.
The less motivated but still guilt-ridden can get the same result by buying a "smart" power strip.
Belkin, the tech-accessory maker, has a smart strip called the Conserve AV that retails for about $30. When you turn off your TV, the strip knows to shut off power to other devices that are plugged into it as well.
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