Green Interfaces

Experience and interaction designs for sustainability

A Much Needed Device, Much in Need of Design

Spend any time researching the current field of home energy monitoring products and you're very likely to see mention of the Kill-A-Watt, a device from P3 International. The Kill-A-Watt can read the energy use of an appliance plugged into it, and is marketed as a tool for identifying the ...

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This blog addresses sustainability in design, especially in experience and interaction design. Ideas, tools, and applications with an eye towards sustainable living are multiplying. I found that I was gathering a sizable cache of resources by my own research, and I hope that by sharing it I can inspire others.

Michael Gomez
User Experience and Interaction Design
Berlin and Austin

Sat 6 Aug 02011
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Google, Microsoft, shutter their home energy management offerings

Via Greenmonk: Last week Google announced that it was shutting down its PowerMeter application (a screenshot of which is above). A couple of days later Microsoft divulged that it was closing its PowerMeter competitor, Microsoft Hohm. Related posts:Home Base by EnergyHub Explore saving energy with EnergyHub from EnergyHub on Vimeo. via...
Thu 28 Apr 02011
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Nuage Vert

Nuage Vert was a project in Helsinki that "transforms clouds into projection surfaces." In effect, a laser picks out pollution coming from a power station. (via) No related posts.
Thu 17 Mar 02011
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Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption

via Protagonists of the Collaborative Consumption Movement Related posts:Home Base by EnergyHub Explore saving energy with EnergyHub from EnergyHub on Vimeo. via...
Thu 17 Mar 02011
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Home Base by EnergyHub

Explore saving energy with EnergyHub from EnergyHub on Vimeo. via No related posts.

Sparzähler Online

A little bit more about the Yello Google PowerMeter interface for Sparzähler online.  The utility has videos on its web promotion page, as well as a YouTube channel, including a video that shows the user experience on the home computer in more detail. The start page also features an advert with ...
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