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TCAAP Energy Integration Resiliency Framework Policy White Paper – Energy Efficiency Strategies (Demand-Side Management) 40 electricity, and washing machines 40% to 50% less than new appliances meeting minimum industry standards. While the cost of ENERGY STAR appliances is more than industry standard products, these products will usually pay for themselves within five to ten years.19 While smart upfront purchasing alone results in energy and cost savings on its own, electronics draw power even when they are not in use. Connecting consumer electronics to Wi-Fi enabled smart outlets can save up to 5% to 10% of the resulting electricity demand.20 There are an increasing number of $10 to $50 plug-and-play technologies that can be installed in standard outlets. When applied in a targeted way in an apartment, house, or office, these technologies can pay for themselves in a matter of only a few years. These concepts can also be implemented in a more permanent way by buying high-efficiency appliances and electronics that have built-in advanced metering capabilities. In ten to twenty years remote connectivity may be a mainstream functionality of consumer electronics. Demonstrating this next generation of connectivity would be an opportunity for the TCAAP site. In the long run, this type of connectivity would also allow utilities to send price signals directly to consumer electronics, saving residents, and businesses money. 6.4.5. High-Efficiency Street Illumination Installing high-efficiency lighting technologies can save the City costs on both electricity and operation and maintenance, since efficient lighting technologies have longer lifetimes. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are the current leading technologies, and are able to illuminate a street surface with an efficiency of 90% compared with the most common incumbent streetlights which are only 34% efficient. Beyond the TCAAP site, there would be additional opportunity to convert existing street lighting to be more efficient through broader local policy action. While LEDs are reaching market parity, where they are nearly cost competitive with less efficient lamp technologies, organic LEDs, which are a thin and flat technology, can be applied in new ways, and can create local beauty and destinations for visitors. The benefits of converting to high-efficiency street lighting not only include energy savings, they also include better illuminated streets that are safer, easier to navigate, and come with less light pollution. 19 Responsible Energy. Appliance Energy Costs. MGE. https://www.mge.com/images/PDF/Brochures/residential/ApplianceEnergyCosts.pdf 20 Lanzisera, Steven, et. al. Communicating Power Supplies: Bringing the Internet to the Ubiquitous Energy Gateways of Electronic Devices. IEEE Journal. (2014). http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6778069