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Be the change
Making a problem visible is the first step to a solution. If you could see the waste and over consumption would you still do nothing? Awareness is the only thing standing in the way of our planets last shivering breaths and when it comes to saving the planet the smallest changes might seem futile.
What you need to realize is that when you become we, small things can make a big change. Be the change.
Power Aware Cord
Why? Most people have no sense of their energy usage until they receive their monthly utility bill. The Power Aware cord is a poetic gesture that indicates energy is flowing to an appliance through glowing pulses and intensity of light. For instance, changing the volume on stereo equipment becomes immediately visible, as does the silent drain of electricity from appliances on standby.
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Frequently asked questions.
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A product with visual electricity makes consumers aware of the power consumption with a changed behaviour and reduced power consumption as a result. This can help you organisation to contribute to the achievement of UN’s and UE’s Sustainable Development Goals. One of the goal targets is to by 2030, double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
A product that shows the motion of electricity can also give your product an edge that makes your product stand out on the market and create a high perceived value -
Yes, but the it’s a small percentage of the electricity saved.
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PowerAware licences the technology and our R&D team can support you in the implementation.
If you are wondering something and can’t find your answers above, contact us here.
Articles.
The power-aware cord: Energy awareness through ambient information display
2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Conference: Extended Abstracts Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA, April 2-7, 2005
Positive Persuasion
Designing enjoyable energy feedback experiences in the home
Ph.D. Thesis
Anton Gustafsson
A Worldwide Review of Standby Power Use in Homes
Alan K. MEIER
Dagens industri: Tech giants forced to compensate Swedes after patent dispute: "Very pleased"
The Swedish company Counterflo and its subsidiary PowerAware have been in a legal dispute with e-commerce giant Amazon and retail giant Walmart in the US.
Johannes Karlsson, Dagens Industri
Standby is a bigger electricity thief than you think
TT News
Recent estimates show that appliances in standby mode can account for five percent of total household electricity consumption.