Fun with numbers - random news from the week
Business and the environment. A new survey from the Associated Press and Stanford University shows some not too surprising stats about Americans views towards business practices and environmental ethics. 65 percent of Americans felt that U.S. businesses harmed the environment at least “moderately.” Some 44 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the way businesses handled issues involving the environment. Only 7 percent said business helped the environment “a lot” or “greatly.” Sixty-two percent characterized this support as little to none. Though not surprising, these numbers do help us realize where we need to focus our efforts. Never has there been a time more susceptible for a major paradigm shift in business then now. Those who have survived the last year have done so because of their creativity and their hard work – it’s time those businesses continue that momentum and turn it towards efforts to become more energy efficient, more resource efficient, and all-around more environmentally friendly. It makes business sense, economic sense, and ethical sense. Read more about this HERE.
Speaking of numbers and surveys…. The 2008 American Community Survey (conducted and released by the U.S. Census Bureau) data was presented recently, and good news for bicyclists - there are 43% more people commuting by bicycle than there was in the 2000 Census. See all of the numbers HERE.
Kill a Watt No, that’s not a typo, or then name of a horror flick, instead it’s the name of a new project and resource our friends at AltE have launched on their website to help people estimate and share electric load information about appliances, technology and anything that uses power – old or new – in a shared environment. "We work with residential homeowners every day, and we advise them that the first step to implementing alternative energy technology is assessing their electric loads so that they can identify what appliances and electric devices in their home would most benefit from energy efficiency improvements," explained Sascha Deri, CEO of AltE. "In some cases, our customers may not have a Kill A Watt meter, or perhaps they are looking for real data on what the electrical load is on something they are considering purchasing or using in their home, and this database will help people access information and share it in a useful way." Check out more information HERE. And for more information on AltE, be sure to go back and read our interview with Sascha Deri HERE.
