Comments on: ENERJAR: Make your own energy meter with the DIY Enerjar Kit! http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:06:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Stalk Energy Vampires By Making Your Own Energy Meter -- The DIY EnerJar Kit! » Popular Fidelity » Techhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-78122 Stalk Energy Vampires By Making Your Own Energy Meter -- The DIY EnerJar Kit! » Popular Fidelity » Tech Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/#comment-78122 [...] For more on the EnerJar and other green gadgets, head to Inhabitat. [...] [...] For more on the EnerJar and other green gadgets, head to Inhabitat. [...]

]]> By: Hugohttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-74071 Hugo Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:06:38 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/#comment-74071 Great stuff, low tech, sustainable and consciousness-raising about one's energy consumption.But, I don't think this is worth the first price in a Greener Gadget design contest. Let me explain; this jar is not a roadmap for the future. All the other pricewinners are designs that (can) create a foundation for the future. Ideas about sourcing alternative energy, or storage alternatives. All very high quality and not just a sustainable product. Greener Gadget winners should be able to change the "gadget world" in my opinion.Don't get me wrong, It's a nice gadget that deserves all the promotion it gets. Great stuff, low tech, sustainable and consciousness-raising about one’s energy consumption.

But, I don’t think this is worth the first price in a Greener Gadget design contest. Let me explain; this jar is not a roadmap for the future. All the other pricewinners are designs that (can) create a foundation for the future. Ideas about sourcing alternative energy, or storage alternatives. All very high quality and not just a sustainable product. Greener Gadget winners should be able to change the “gadget world” in my opinion.

Don’t get me wrong, It’s a nice gadget that deserves all the promotion it gets.

]]> By: Sarahhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-74004 Sarah Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:23:59 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/25/greener-gadgets-winner-diy-enerjar-energy-meter-kit/#comment-74004 It might be low-tech, who cares! What a great competition. This is a pretty amazing design by anyone's standards who cares about the environment because it is sustainable and functional. I work for a design college that is very concerned with sustainability, and I love seeing more of what goes on here at Art Center, more and more in different places all over the world. Great design always brings people together and makes the world work a little more smoothly y’know?Even if it seems like a small thing. Especially in light of the world's new challenges with recyclable materials and sustainability. If you don't know about it already, there is a big conference going on in Barcelona in March that Art Center is hosting called The Global Dialogues (http://blog.globaldialogues.eu/). The title of it is Disruptive Thinking and there will be amazing designers and pundits and philosophers there from all over discussing how people must think about design (in addition to business and climate change too) in new and exciting, "disruptive" ways. These energy jars here certainly reflect that type of conceptual thinking. Here's a link to its Web site: http://www.artcenter.edu/dialogues It might be low-tech, who cares! What a great competition. This is a pretty amazing design by anyone’s standards who cares about the environment because it is sustainable and functional. I work for a design college that is very concerned with sustainability, and I love seeing more of what goes on here at Art Center, more and more in different places all over the world. Great design always brings people together and makes the world work a little more smoothly y’know?Even if it seems like a small thing. Especially in light of the world’s new challenges with recyclable materials and sustainability. If you don’t know about it already, there is a big conference going on in Barcelona in March that Art Center is hosting called The Global Dialogues (http://blog.globaldialogues.eu/). The title of it is Disruptive Thinking and there will be amazing designers and pundits and philosophers there from all over discussing how people must think about design (in addition to business and climate change too) in new and exciting, “disruptive” ways. These energy jars here certainly reflect that type of conceptual thinking. Here’s a link to its Web site: http://www.artcenter.edu/dialogues

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