Green Interfaces

Experience and interaction designs for sustainability
Sat 22 Nov 02008
Tags: community, news, web

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An Ending and a Beginning

This month, Bruce Sterling posted the last Viridian Note, and seeing as the gist of this blog was born in the Viridian Movement, I wanted give props. (It's worth your time to enjoy this Note, either way, but if you haven't yet been exposed to Viridian, it ...
Thu 13 Nov 02008
Tags: community, practice, tool, web

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World Usability Day and the Global Transport Challenge

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 ...

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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

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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
Tags: home, interface, tool, visualization No Comments

Home Base by EnergyHub

Explore saving energy with EnergyHub from EnergyHub on Vimeo. via No related posts.
Sat 25 Jul 02009
Tags: data, feedback, home, Uncategorized, visualization One Comment

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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