Clever Triennial Entries Dispaly Energy Consumption In A New Light

Posted 12 Jul 2010

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In previous posts I’ve talked about interesting ways to save money such as Prison Pedal Vision Saving Energy and Helping Inmates Loose Weight but very little has been done to creatively display your energy consumption. Lately energy monitors have released great near time devices however they just split the information into a bar graph or nice pie graph. This is all fine and dandy however, if you’re trying to engage your kids in saving energy and money, you’ll need something a little more entertaining.

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Two Triennial entries by Sweden’s Interactive Institute mean to curb our excess by illuminating our intake. The Power Aware Cord, designed by Magnus Gyllenswärd and Anton Gustafsson, emits light – from a soft glow to a literally electric blue – depending on the amount of power devoured by each appliance. The Energy Aware Clock, designed by Loove Broms, Karin Ehrnberger, Sara Ilstedt Hjelm, Erika Lundell and Jin Moen, tracks energy consumption by the minute and superimposes your current usage over a shadow of yesterday’s, making your daily routine visible in energy terms.

Maybe counting kilowatts in more of a gaming fashion in the future will not only educate our kids be encourage them to take actions that make a large difference.