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Technology and Sustainability

November 3, 2006 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Environment, Technology, Connecting SW Conference , trackback

Some of the ideas that came out of the workshop at the Connecting South West Conference:

• product miles (on computers etc as well as food)
• miles per gallon meter in car as standard
• electricity usage monitoring device
• intelligent distribution of goods
• top 100 Bristol companies (for greenness)
• feedback to individuals on effects of their actions – e.g. heat loss in class room
• Resource monitoring in schools - with targets (see N Somerset)
• Green maps
• Domestic energy monitoring
• Sharing ideas for domestic energy saving online – hubs
• Thermographic map of the city online
• Clean/green route planner online plus routes to nature
• Resource-sharing online
• Limiting car speed digitally
• New build standards
• Website savvy Google searches
• Wildlife
• Wheely bins
• Car parking space detector via mobile
• GPS bus location system
• Extend car pool scheme – allow return to different location
• Use internet to raise profile of e.g. freecycle, sustrans, etc.
• Local supplier initiative - e.g. club together to make bigger online presence

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