Comments on: Wesabe partners with WattzOn to help quantify and reduce your personal energy consumption http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/ The Wesabe blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Solarenergie http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4580 Solarenergie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:17:31 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4580 I alread replaced all my light bulps with energy saving one. We will see the saving with the next bill. I alread replaced all my light bulps with energy saving one. We will see the saving with the next bill.

]]> By: WattzOn and more visioning « Seize the Moment of Excited Curiosity for the Acquisition of Knowledge http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4583 WattzOn and more visioning « Seize the Moment of Excited Curiosity for the Acquisition of Knowledge Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:28:44 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4583 [...] WattzOn and more visioning By Robert Brewer Late last week I stumbled across another related system called WattzOn. There’s an inspiring 30 video of a presentation by one of the founders, Saul Griffith, discussing the global warming problem and the WattzOn approach. The basic idea is similar to a web-based carbon footprint calculator, but the calculations are all done using power measured in watts, rather than kilograms of CO2. The motivation for using watts over kilograms of carbon is not fully explained, but it does allow for some interesting visualizations, such as the energy required to support your life is N 60 watt lightbulbs running 24×7. The data are input manually using a series of web forms, though vehicle milage data can be imported from Fuelly, and there are future plans to allow importing utility bill data. While WattzOn tracks some areas that many other calculators ignore (government, food, consumer purchases), it’s also less accurate in other ways, such as entering in air travel as number of short, medium, or long flights. [...] [...] WattzOn and more visioning By Robert Brewer Late last week I stumbled across another related system called WattzOn. There’s an inspiring 30 video of a presentation by one of the founders, Saul Griffith, discussing the global warming problem and the WattzOn approach. The basic idea is similar to a web-based carbon footprint calculator, but the calculations are all done using power measured in watts, rather than kilograms of CO2. The motivation for using watts over kilograms of carbon is not fully explained, but it does allow for some interesting visualizations, such as the energy required to support your life is N 60 watt lightbulbs running 24×7. The data are input manually using a series of web forms, though vehicle milage data can be imported from Fuelly, and there are future plans to allow importing utility bill data. While WattzOn tracks some areas that many other calculators ignore (government, food, consumer purchases), it’s also less accurate in other ways, such as entering in air travel as number of short, medium, or long flights. [...]

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4577 Debbie Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:53:15 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4577 Hey, Stephen. From your comment, it's clear that you really get what we're trying to do here - to personalize energy consumption. And you're right that there are certain categories where we'll need more information to give you the most accurate look at your energy use. The WattzOn team created a profile builder that takes such factors as diet into account. Check out the "food" questions here: http://www.wattzon.com/profile/food . Taking a few minutes to share more about yourself will greatly increase our ability to accurately quantify your energy usage. Hey, Stephen.

From your comment, it’s clear that you really get what we’re trying to do here – to personalize energy consumption. And you’re right that there are certain categories where we’ll need more information to give you the most accurate look at your energy use. The WattzOn team created a profile builder that takes such factors as diet into account. Check out the “food” questions here: http://www.wattzon.com/profile/food . Taking a few minutes to share more about yourself will greatly increase our ability to accurately quantify your energy usage.

]]> By: RateNerd http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4579 RateNerd Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:20:21 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4579 I began replacing light bulbs with CFLs 5 years ago and have only had to replace two of them. No question it is saving me energy and $. I began replacing light bulbs with CFLs 5 years ago and have only had to replace two of them. No question it is saving me energy and $.

]]> By: Stephen Howard http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4578 Stephen Howard Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:07:09 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/2009/02/09/wesabe-partners-with-wattzon-to-help-quantify-and-reduce-your-personal-energy-consumption/#comment-4578 This looks great. I am wondering though how you and WattzOn will be able to achieve an accurate sense of environmental impact without having a more line-item approach to transactions. After all, if a vegetarian and an omnivore both tag their grocery shopping "food" that gives you no indication on the energy that went into the food they bought, even if they shopped at different stores. This looks great. I am wondering though how you and WattzOn will be able to achieve an accurate sense of environmental impact without having a more line-item approach to transactions. After all, if a vegetarian and an omnivore both tag their grocery shopping “food” that gives you no indication on the energy that went into the food they bought, even if they shopped at different stores.

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