Measuring and modeling mobile phone charger energy consumption and environmental impact

Mikko V.J. Heikkinen; Jukka K. Nurminen

doi:10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214357

Measuring and modeling mobile phone charger energy consumption and environmental impact

Mikko V.J. Heikkinen, Jukka K. Nurminen

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Aalto University

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This paper studies the electricity consumption of mobile phone chargers. The charger's electricity consumption varies depending on its state. We measured the electricity consumption of various phone and charger models in different states. We also did panel studies on the recharging behavior of smartphone users. Based on these and other sources, we are able to estimate mobile phone recharging electricity consumption, cost, and CO2 emissions both in Europe and in the USA. Our analysis shows that the actual recharging of batteries consumes only 40% of the total energy; the rest is wasted mainly by unnecessarily plugged-in chargers consuming 55% of the total energy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	3194-3198
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-0437-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214357
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	Not Eligible

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IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2012. p. 3194-3198.

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