The current research is the first study of standby energy consumption in households in Ukraine. It provides insights to the scope of the problem and the opportunities to improve the situation. Standby power refers to power consumed by appliances when they are not performing their primary function and are switched "off". Measurements of 50 households were performed. Standby power was measured and a questionnaire was used to find out the behavioural patterns. The combined standby power use is about 23.4 W per household, resulting in national 1.3 TW h per year and 0.8% of the national...