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Joseph Kaluzny Resource #1 (Book): Borgford, Christie L. //Holt Science & Technology Physical Science//. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. Print. Summary: This textbook covers all topics having to do with physics. The sections I used for my research were chapter 9 and the glossary. Chapter 9 taught me about the different types of energy including electrical energy which is the types of energy that is wasted through phantom load. This chapter helped me understand how electricity works. The glossary helped me figure out what some vocabulary words meant such as newton and joule.

Resource #2 (Book): [NOTE: This is a PDF but Mr. Mlsna told us to site it as a book. Some of the information for EasyBib was unavailable.] Midamericanenergy. //Pull the Plug On Phantom Load//. 2011. Print. Summary: This PDF discussed the magnitude and significance of phantom load. I used the information from the section on what types of devices have phantom load and characteristics of vampires under the introduction to phantom load heading. I also used a few of their ways to prevent phantom load under the prevention heading in my research. I additionally got the fact that the average device uses 75% of its energy while turned off from this PDF.

Resource #3 (Website): Phelp, Megan. "Average Electric Bills." //Organic Gardening, Modern Homesteading, Renewable Energy, Green Homes, DIY Projects – MOTHER EARTH NEWS//. 12 Sept. 2008. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. []. Summary: This site is where I got the information on how much the average American's electric bill is. I used this information to figure out how much the average American wastes on phantom load. This site contains a few statistics including how much the average American's monthly bill costs, how many kWh the average American uses in ne month and how much a kWh costs on average. This information is orginally from Energy Information Agency or EIA.

Resource #4 (Website): Wikipedia Contributors. "Standby Power." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Nov. 2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. . Summary: This website gave a lot of general information on phantom load which is also known by standby power. One of the main things I used this website for was the ways to prevent phantom load. This article also introduced me to the one watt initiative. Overall this website was very useful and had detailed information on many phantom load topics such as prevention, advantages, disadvantages, and magnitude. I like how it discussed not only the disadvantages of phantom load but the advantages too. This is the first site that I've seen so far that talked about a couple of ways phantom load is a good thing such as it helps devices to turn on faster.

Resource #5 (Website): Freeman, Stan. "'Phantom Load' Lurks in Homes." //The Republican//. 8 Sept. 2008. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. . Summary: This website provided information on phantom load including a list of appliances and how much phantom load that each has. I used this in the awareness section of my research where I listed a few of the items on the list from this website and wrote how much money each wastes through phantom load. This website also gave a tip on how to reduce phantom load which is to get more energy efficient devices.

Dale Steinmetz Resource #1 (Book): Borgford, ChristieL. // Holt Science & Technology Physical Science. // Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. Print. Summary: This text book provided me with a better understanding of energy, how it works, and its rules. I would recomend it to my group members, which they have already read, because it would clear up any questions that you might have on electrical energy. I mostly used chapter 9 of this textbook but the glossary was helpful because it helped me figure out what some words meant.

Resource #2 (Book):(Cited as a website)--> "Phantom Load." // Phantom Load //. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. (Cited as a book)--> Student Sustainability Education Coordinators. //Phantom Load//. Print. Summary: (This is actually a .pdf but Mr. Mlsna said that .pdf's would be able to be used as books) This document was very helpful because it gave me my first base of knowledge on this subject and it gave me a lot of ways that you can prevent phantom load from occurring in your household. I got a lot of great facts from this site including that phantom load makes up 6% of the US's energy consumption.

Resource #3 (Website): "Phantom Load - Vampire Effect - The Daily Green." //The Daily Green//. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2012. . Summary: This website was useful to me because it gave me some ideas on how you could save on, and prevent this way that energy can be lost. It also gave me a list of devices that have a lot of phantom load including TVs, VCRs, and remote controls. I would recommend this to Joseph and Seth.

Resource #4 (Website): Wikipedia Contributors. "Standby Power." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Nov. 2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. . Summary: This website was very helpful for me because it set the basic understanding for me on the phantom load topic. One thing that I didn't quite like though was that this website was very long, and because it was a Wiki other people could change the information, although I think that none of it was messed up. I did like though, that the website was divided into different sections. It was easy to find the information I was looking for as it was well organized. One thing I learned and used in my research from this website was the magnitude section.

Resource #5 (Website): "What Is a Phantom Load?" //About.com Frugal Living//. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. . Summary: When I knew absolutely nothing about phantom load, or how it worked, this was the website I went to. I used this to write some of my individual topic investigation response. It completely introduced me to the idea of phantom load which I had never really heard of before this site. It also gave me the fact that about 10% of energy used is phantom load.

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