Today is World Usability Day 2008, and this year's theme is transportation.  As part of the day's events, the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) has announced the Global Transport Challenge, which includes a little web-based carbon calculator. It's an easy way for you to understand how you use transportation everyday and the ...

The Times reported today on energing business and engineering units within Google.org dedicated to green energy.  Some lines in particular piqued my interest: In recent weeks, Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, has hinted at the company’s broad interest in the energy business. He also joined Jeffrey R. Immelt, General ...

With the release of iPhone 2.0 came a torrent of new (Apple-approved) 3rd party applications, among them several focusing on car fuel efficiency.  These are for the folks fortunate enough to own an iPhone and yet not yet ascended to the hallowed plane of hybrid ownership.  Here's a rundown of ...

EcoGeek recently blogged about a handy little free accessory for your green computing setup, if ever you require printouts. If there is no “Printer Friendly Version” button to click, then GreenPrint’s free software might be the solution. The software does the reformatting for the user, so that efficient printing is fast, ...

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 ...