The Challenge: Activate Eco Mode on Your Devices
There’s a hidden hero in your appliances and electronics: it’s called Eco Mode. One simple tap can lower your device’s energy consumption by up to 30%—without changing how you use it.
Eco Mode is designed to make your devices smarter about how they consume electricity. It reduces brightness, slows cycles, or moderates temperature to save power without impacting performance. Whether it’s your washing machine, TV, or air conditioner, enabling Eco Mode takes less than 10 seconds—and it works quietly in the background to reduce your carbon footprint, every day.
Why It Matters
Activating Eco Mode supports UN Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, which urges individuals, companies, and governments to take urgent steps to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Here’s what makes this one setting powerful:
- Energy Reduction: Enabling Eco Mode on appliances can lead to substantial energy savings. For instance, ENERGY STAR certified clothes washers use about 20% less energy and 30% less water than regular washers. Over the product’s lifetime, these models can save about $550 in energy costs. (Source: Energy Star).
- Standby Power Consumption: Many devices consume electricity even when turned off or in standby mode. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, standby power accounts for 5% to 10% of residential electricity use, costing the average U.S. household up to $100 per year. (Source: Easy Tips to Reduce Standby Power Loads)
- Lower Emissions: Phantom (standby) power from idle electronics contributes to around 1% of global carbon emissions in developed countries. (Source: Berkeley Lab)
How to Do It
- Pick one device—your washing machine, air conditioner, TV, or laptop.
- Look for a button labeled “Eco,” “Energy Saver,” or “Power Saving” in its settings.
- Tap it once. That’s it. Your device will now consume less energy every time you use it.
(If you’re not sure where to find it, just search “[Device Name] + Eco Mode” online. Most brands offer easy instructions.)
Why It Works
Eco Mode changes small things: water temperature, fan speed, screen brightness, compressor cycles. But it adds up.
If just 1 in 10 households globally turned on Eco Mode for major appliances, it could reduce CO₂ emissions by over 10 million tons annually—equivalent to taking 2 million cars off the road.
Bottom Line
One tap. Lasting impact.
Turn on Eco Mode today and start shrinking your carbon footprint every time you do laundry, binge a show, or cool your home. It’s invisible, effortless climate action—with real-world results.
Tap into Eco Mode. Climate action is just a setting away.