Wednesday, April 20, 2011
How can you use less energy if you don´t know how much energy you are using?
By the time you get your electrical bill at the end of each month, it’s too late. What if you knew from the moment you plugged in your cell phone charger or turned on your AC how much energy you’re using right then, at that very moment? That’s the idea that inspired the Power Aware Cord, which tells you how much energy an appliance is consuming through a visual system of blinking or streaming lights that speed up or slow down depending on the amount of energy being used.
EUROPEAN UNION SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK
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The slogan of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2011 is 'Smart energy for a sustainable future'.
The slogan of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2011 is 'Smart energy for a sustainable future'.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Europe's Energy
Countries around the world are taking measures to mitigate climate change. Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The 'Europe's Energy' project gives users a set of visual tools to put these targets into context and to understand and compare how progress is being made towards them in different countries.