Comments on: Carbon accounting meet lifestreaming II http://greenmonk.net/carbon-accounting-meet-lifestreaming-ii/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: gblnetwkr http://greenmonk.net/carbon-accounting-meet-lifestreaming-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 gblnetwkr Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:41:51 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=188#comment-3435 We need to leverage increasing connectivity to provide social encouragement, not just tools to do the right thing. For example, some new electric meters being installed in homes are increasingly connected with both remote ( broadband over power line ) and local ( zigbee ) connectivity. Leveraging that could include things like a cheap zigbee connected fridge magnet with green, yellow, and red lights. Can you imagine the kitchen conversation that starts with the child saying to the parents, "Why is it red?". In the mobile space with the advent of 3G, WiMax,4G and bluetooth, it is not hard to imagine people carrying a mobile device that is connected all the time, to the net, and through the net to their homes. Bluetooth or Zigbee from the "always with you device" could drive a lapel pin showing energy use. Making it cool and visible to be green could help. We need to leverage increasing connectivity to provide social encouragement, not just tools to do the right thing. For example, some new electric meters being installed in homes are increasingly connected with both remote ( broadband over power line ) and local ( zigbee ) connectivity.

Leveraging that could include things like a cheap zigbee connected fridge magnet with green, yellow, and red lights. Can you imagine the kitchen conversation that starts with the child saying to the parents, “Why is it red?”.

In the mobile space with the advent of 3G, WiMax,4G and bluetooth, it is not hard to imagine people carrying a mobile device that is connected all the time, to the net, and through the net to their homes. Bluetooth or Zigbee from the “always with you device” could drive a lapel pin showing energy use.

Making it cool and visible to be green could help.

]]> By: monkchips http://greenmonk.net/carbon-accounting-meet-lifestreaming-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 monkchips Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:53:44 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=188#comment-3430 great stuff Tom. nice follow up. vuk - interesting news regarding the SAP challenge- we'll have to look into that. thanks! great stuff Tom. nice follow up.

vuk - interesting news regarding the SAP challenge- we’ll have to look into that. thanks!

]]> By: Vuk http://greenmonk.net/carbon-accounting-meet-lifestreaming-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3424 Vuk Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:30:34 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=188#comment-3424 I think SAP just put a press release out about 2008 SAP Developer Challenge competition in which two green projects that seem to be along the similar lines. I am sure their site would have more details, but I think one project highlighted was relatively similar: Facebook-based carpool sharing and performance monitoring. The other one is less "social", I think: a set of interfaces to evaluate the impact of online purchasing decisions. I think SAP just put a press release out about 2008 SAP Developer Challenge competition in which two green projects that seem to be along the similar lines.

I am sure their site would have more details, but I think one project highlighted was relatively similar: Facebook-based carpool sharing and performance monitoring. The other one is less “social”, I think: a set of interfaces to evaluate the impact of online purchasing decisions.

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