Green Interfaces

Experience and interaction designs for sustainability
Tue 18 Mar 02008
Tags: map

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Bike There

From right here in Austin, a fellow named Peter Smith is leveraging the power of Blog to advocate for a new feature in Google Maps, "Bike There." According to Smith, his blog and petition (27,000 signatures as of this writing) were created "to ask Google to help ...
Mon 17 Mar 02008
Tags: data, footprint, map

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Power Plant Emissions on the Web

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), reveals the emissions of power plants and electric utilities across the world. Its database contains information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies. (CARMA is produced and financed by the Confronting Climate Change Initiative at the Center for ...
Mon 10 Mar 02008
Tags: map, visualization

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California Solar Map

Thanks to all who have written comments and sent me notes over the past couple of days. Keep ‘em coming! I hope you can hang out and contribute here from time to time. These days, it’s South By Southwest Interactive here in Austin, so this post ...

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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
Interaction Designer, Austin TX

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Wed 11 Jun 02008
Tags: awareness, data, home 2 Comments

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 ...
Thu 29 May 02008
Tags: Uncategorized No Comments

Mobile App For Greening Daily Trips

Eco2Go, a mobile application concept from engineering students in Canada, generates carbon footprint information by tracking movement throughout the day. The home screen on the Eco2Go prototype shows a Google map with current trip information and the estimated pounds of CO2 since the last carbon offset. Significantly, ...
Fri 23 May 02008
Tags: awareness, home, visualization No Comments

Newspaper coverage of smart electricity in Texas

Houston Chronicle photos Two recent front-page articles in mainstream city newspapers covered the emergence of smart metering in Texas. I think it's a good indication that these technologies and devices are nearing the mainstream here. The Austin American-Statesman covered the installation from the perspective of utility efficiency ...
Tue 6 May 02008
Tags: awareness, home, visualization 3 Comments

Household CO2 Emission Visualizations

Posted by Kyra Edeker The Victoria, Australia government is running an ad pitching conservation by depicting an average household's production of greenhouse gases. Black balloons sprouting from appliances, lamps and electronics each represent 50g of greenhouse emissions. The quiet commercial feels slightly sinister, with the dark balloons sprouting out of the empty house. It's an ...
Sun 13 Apr 02008
Tags: feedback, mpg, visualization No Comments

Tahoe Hybrid Energy Dashboard

This weekend I opened my new issue of The New Yorker (now you've got me pegged) and noticed something interesting about the inside cover ad spread. The most prominent selling point in this Earth Day ad for the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid is the SUV's screen interface.  The caption reads: Visual readout of ...

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