“Ciao!” - Fiat ecoDrive: From Car to PC on a USB

Fiat has developed and launched “eco:Drive” computer application for some of their cars as a methodology for “monitoring and targeting” our driving style.  Essentially it records data during a driving trip on a USB stick and analyzes our driving style - one can see how much GHG emissions has been created on a computer and so on.  Altough not instaneous, I believe that this can help us reduce GHG and drive better! By the way, make sure you check out the eco:Drive website, there’re some driving tips!  

From Car to PC in a USB

- Fiat

Of course, be cooler if it’s instaneous, like Prius’ energy monitor!

Standby power sucking electricity out like a Vampire!

Standby power consumption from plugged in electronics, microwave, and other electrical equipment really uses a lot of power!  For Canadians, eliminating standby power consumption would save a typical household 450 kilowatt-hours of electricity and $42 a year, or 4 per cent of the home’s total energy use, according to a 2008 report by Navigant Consulting Inc which is summarized in this Globe and Mail article.  Pretty cool hey?

Some other interesting fact: 

• Canadians would cut five of the 6.3 terawatt-hours of standby power per year with more energy efficienct products
• 6 terawatt-h is enough to power all the homes New Brunswick
• this will eliminate two megatonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions

And this is a pretty good movie illustrating how standby power, like a vampire, is sucking blood/money out of us!

Introducing Energy Rush.TV - a new internet TV station

I got an email today from the Toronto Hybrid Group promoting a new Internet TV station: Energy Rush.TV - made for clean shows only!  It’ll be like a real TV channel which you cannot fast forward the show and there will eventually be paid commercials.  The TV station is still in its infancy so you’re having a first peak here!  I love the idea and since the core team for this TV station are all experts in the film/TV industry (they’ll write, produce, film, and edit all these TV shows), I’m really looking forward to their first official production!  One day perhaps I’ll have a good idea for a film project!

Energy Wasting Day - it’s easy to waste energy

I can’t believe that I’ve never seen this before, it was made for April fools day for 2008…  it’s  really entertaining and I think would be a good message, could be a good education tool!