Aug 21
Have you seen the Ambient Orb?
It’s kind of expensive at US$150 just to monitor the stock market but I read a cool story in Wired magazine about how they’re using Orbs to monitor the power grid “to signal changes in electrical rates, programming them to glow green when the grid was underused — and, thus, electricity cheaper — and red during peak hours when customers were paying more for power.”
I kind of reminded me of a cool gauge that my friend Shaun Redmond showed me that monitors your energy usage in your house.
Ideally, I could keep tabs on my home power consumption from my computer or iPhone from anywhere with an Internet connection.
Even wilder it the EnergyJoule (pictured) which is currently only available to Consumer Powerline customers in New York City.
Jun 08
If you liked “Who killed the Electric Car?” then you’ll love Plug In America, a group that advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks and SUVs powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity to reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment. Good stuff (Thanks Shaun!)
Apr 08
A friend turned my onto this cool eco-site called TravelMatters.com:
Welcome to TravelMatters, the website for those interested in learning more about how travel habits and transportation choices affect global climate change. TravelMatters offers a trio of resources—interactive emissions calculators, on-line emissions maps, and a wealth of educational content—to emphasize the close relationship between more efficient transit systems and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
In achieving a world climate balance, travel choices do matter. To learn more, click the icons below, or simply follow the sidebar menu.
Maybe we all need to take a look?
