Connected sensors and automated controls can enable people and facility managers to reduce energy consumption by optimising heating, cooling and lighting much more effectively. Home energy management systems and commercial building energy management systems use more efficient equipment and a variety of smart automated appliances, sensors, controls and software to allow building users to monitor an...
Environmental law professor Karl Coplan has been trying to winnow down his direct carbon-dioxide emissions with the goal of reaching four tons per year–about 40 percent of the average American’s. He has been successful, and has just published a book, Live Sustainably Now, chronicling his efforts. Half treatise, half diary, it offers an entertaining guide for others....
The Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyle Accelerator, launched by UNEP with Massive Earth Foundation supports revenue positive start-ups that make sustainable goods and services more readily available. From low carbon mobility options, to products that reduce plastic waste, to solutions that reduce the carbon footprints of our lifestyles....
Overwhelmed by the magnitude of the climate crisis, many people say they feel powerless to make a difference. But, for some, even small changes — whether cutting down on meat, switching to energy efficient light bulbs or replacing a gas-guzzler with an electric car — can have a positive impact on the environment. This article discussed seven people about the personal choices and actions they a...
The sector has largely moved away from the pursuit of individualised, ‘simple and painless’ private-sphere behaviour change, and towards a recognition of engaging people on the ‘behaviours that matter’ by engaging values, motivations, and worldviews. The risk of compartmentalising individual behaviours is that nowhere is the ‘big picture’ of the climate crisis present in the public min...
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