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Reducing Electricity Use in Households (and Businesses) Well before the recent fuss about increases in energy prices, the reduction of electricity use by households and businesses had already been identified as an important national policy goal, with benefits for the climate, the electricity supply sector, business costs and household budgets. However, despite increasing costs to both users and producers and warnings about the impacts of climate change, consumption of electricity continues to rise and is predicted to continue rising over the coming decades. This increased demand, and the need to shift away from fossil fuel sources, is driving costly investment in the electricity generation and distribution networks, further increasing the cost of power. These higher electricity prices, in turn, are causing heightened community sensitivity to price, and problems for some household budgets, particularly those of low income earners (although as a proportion of household budgets, power costs are not rising). References Alicke, M.
Art & Energy Pixelache and Helsingin Energia are collaborating to produce artworks related to collective energy consumption in Helsinki area. The artworks will be located in public space in Helsinki and/or presented as online projects. In the first round of the project, following artists were invited to submit proposals for artworks: Miska Knapek, Andy Best, Maria Duncker, Unsworn Industries (Erik Sandelin & Magnus Torstensson) and 4um (Karthik Acharya, Arto Tommiska, Elina Alatalo ja Jukka Hautamäki). The proposals were made public in October 2009 so that citizens of Helsinki, energy consumption experts and the electronic art community could give feedback on them. The project jury chose two artworks to be realised during 2010/2011: Power Flower by Andy Best and an untitled project by Miska Knapek. Prototypes of both of these works will be presented in Pixelache Helsinki 2010, as well as information about all the submitted proposals.
US Environmental Protection Agency Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource. Welcome to My Green Apps, your destination for 290 apps to help you understand and protect the environment. In addition to finding apps, you can see what app ideas people like best. You also can learn about EPA's Apps for the Environment Challenge, which was conducted in the summer of 2011. If you want to make a green app that uses EPA's data, check out Developer Central and Data Finder. Find a green app! Wattzon WattzOn is a free web-based online tool created by Saul Griffith and Raffi Krikorian. It allows users to calculate their total energy footprint by estimating their direct and indirect power consumption with the stated goal of educating users about energy efficiency and conservation. It's notable, because unlike most carbon calculators it measures energy consumption, and not the by-products (CO2, or CO2 equivalent emissions) and because it aggregates information into a holistic view of energy consumption allowing users to see the energy used in their driving compared to their eating, for example.
One Watt, One Year, One Dollar" WattzOn is a website that allows users to calculate their energy consumption, tracking just what kind of an impact you're making. Rather than having a carbon footprint, though, you see your impact in terms of energy consumption, or watts. From your electricity use, to your transportation methods, to the products you buy, WattzOn helps tally your energy footprint and tells you how much energy your lifestyle requires. Simply create a profile, add in your activities and select what products you own, and it calculates how much energy you're really consuming. DEP: Reuse Main Page Do It Yourself Home Improvement and RepairEstablished in 1995 with a goal to provide consumers with unbiased home improvement and repair information in a community environment. Do It Yourself NetworkDIY Network’s programs and experts answer the most sought-after questions and offer creative projects for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. The site features broadband video channels including home improvement, crafts, automotive, gardening, and woodworking along with step-by-step instructions totaling more than 20,000 projects online.
Designing with Energy The energy that goes into manufacturing our material world is the largest component of our energy consumption and something designers have a direct impact on. Yet few people understand this embodied energy or actively design with it in mind. This struck us as a little scary, so we started researching our own embodied energy footprints, visualising the data and creating tools that could integrate this data into our design process. The result was an energy driven design process and our Energy Trumps design tool. "The real issue is not our direct consumption of energy but the greenhouse gases embodied in the goods we buy" Monbiot (2010) Understanding embodied energy.
Greendex: Survey of Sustainable Consumption What Is the Greendex? You've heard about it for years now—everyone’s interested in being green. But do you really know how your personal choices are adding up? Energyland - Life Cycle Energy Assessment (LCEA) of Building Construction In a modern city, the energy use in buildings during their operational life accounts for a substantial portion of the city’s overall energy use. This energy use also leads to pollutant emissions due to consumption of fossil fuels, either directly in buildings or indirectly for generating the electricity or producing the fuel gas that is consumed in buildings. Furthermore, the physical existence of buildings means occupation of land and thus reduction of available land for other functions including habitat for plants and animals.