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BY Tali Aaron : March 18

AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste

AT&T ZERO charger


You come home at the end of the day and plug your cell phone into the charger. Do you unplug the charger when the phone is fully charged? Most people don’t. Did you know that the charger continues to draw power even when it’s not charging a battery? This “vampire draw” causes a charger to consume between 5 and 20 times more energy than the phone battery stores.

AT&T’s March 17th announcement of the ZERO Charger heralds the end of power-sucking chargers. The ZERO Charger, which will be available in May, shuts off as soon as the battery is charged. The ZERO Charger is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) charger based on the ITU Universal Charging Solution (UCS) standard. What this means in plain English is that you can use the ZERO charger with nearly every cell phone, reducing the litter of device-specific chargers that are thrown away with each cell phone upgrade.  In addition, it's packaging in recycled paper means the ZERO Charger is dressed to kill waste.

9 Responses to AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste


  1. You could definitely see your expertise in the work you write. The arena hopes for more passionate writers like you who are not afraid to mention how they believe. All the time follow your heart.

  2. buildaroo on September 6, 2011 at 2:05 am


    AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://t.co/THhdWLa #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy

  3. buildaroo on August 20, 2011 at 10:40 pm


    AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://t.co/HjKs0Da #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy

  4. GreenBiz Events on August 11, 2011 at 9:01 pm


    In case you missed this a few months back "An end to power-sucking chargers" via @ATT http://grn.bz/pJOi7a

  5. buildaroo on August 11, 2011 at 4:42 pm


    AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://bit.ly/bLUbkJ #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy

  6. buildaroo on July 5, 2011 at 9:57 pm


    AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://bit.ly/bLUbkJ #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy

  7. buildaroo on February 21, 2011 at 3:11 am


    AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://bit.ly/bLUbkJ #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy

  8. Willard Williams on March 19, 2010 at 11:58 pm


    RT @buildaroo: AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://bit.ly/bLUbkJ

  9. Marc French on March 19, 2010 at 2:49 am


    RT @buildaroo: AT&T New ZERO Cellphone Charger creates No Energy Waste http://bit.ly/bLUbkJ #energyefficiency #greentech #gadgets

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