Wattzon
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WattzOn is a free web-based online tool created by Saul Griffith
and Raffi Krikorian. It allows users to calculate their total energy footprint by estimating their direct and indirect power consumption with the stated goal of educating users about energy efficiency and conservation. It's notable, because unlike most carbon calculators it measures energy consumption, and not the by-products (CO2, or CO2 equivalent emissions) and because it aggregates information into a holistic view of energy consumption allowing users to see the energy used in their driving compared to their eating, for example.
The original notions behind WattzOn were first spoken about by Saul Griffith
and Jim McBride in a presentation entitled “The Game Plan: A solution framework for the climate challenge.” delivered at O'Reilly's Foo Camp
. From there, Raffi Krikorian spearheaded the effort to create an online tool that anybody could use to measure his or her level of energy efficiency. That website, which became WattzOn.com, was first demonstrated at PopTech
on October 23, 2008 and again presented at the O'Reilly Media
Web 2.0 Summit on November 6, 2008. Notably, WattzOn.com is implemented using the Scala language. Along with Twitter
, it is one of the earliest publicly visible systems implemented in Scala.
WattzOn has garnered media coverage from a number of blogs and media outlets such as Business Week , Wired magazine , and Lifehacker.com
.
Saul Griffith
Saul Griffith is an Australian American inventor. He is best known for his inexpensive technique for making prescription eyeglasses. This method uses two flexible surfaces and a pourable resin.-Early life and education:...
and Raffi Krikorian. It allows users to calculate their total energy footprint by estimating their direct and indirect power consumption with the stated goal of educating users about energy efficiency and conservation. It's notable, because unlike most carbon calculators it measures energy consumption, and not the by-products (CO2, or CO2 equivalent emissions) and because it aggregates information into a holistic view of energy consumption allowing users to see the energy used in their driving compared to their eating, for example.
The original notions behind WattzOn were first spoken about by Saul Griffith
Saul Griffith
Saul Griffith is an Australian American inventor. He is best known for his inexpensive technique for making prescription eyeglasses. This method uses two flexible surfaces and a pourable resin.-Early life and education:...
and Jim McBride in a presentation entitled “The Game Plan: A solution framework for the climate challenge.” delivered at O'Reilly's Foo Camp
Foo Camp
Foo Camp is an annual hacker event hosted by publisher O'Reilly Media. O'Reilly describes it as "the wiki of conferences", where the program is developed by the attendees at the event, using big whiteboard schedule templates that can be rewritten or overwritten by attendees to optimize the schedule...
. From there, Raffi Krikorian spearheaded the effort to create an online tool that anybody could use to measure his or her level of energy efficiency. That website, which became WattzOn.com, was first demonstrated at PopTech
Poptech
PopTech is a nonprofit open innovation laboratory and network of thought leaders who are dedicated to finding, incubating and accelerating ideas, people and projects that change the world...
on October 23, 2008 and again presented at the O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
Web 2.0 Summit on November 6, 2008. Notably, WattzOn.com is implemented using the Scala language. Along with Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, it is one of the earliest publicly visible systems implemented in Scala.
WattzOn has garnered media coverage from a number of blogs and media outlets such as Business Week , Wired magazine , and Lifehacker.com
Lifehacker.com
Lifehacker is a weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005. The site is owned by Gawker Media and covers Microsoft Windows, Mac, and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks. The staff updates the site about 18 times each weekday, with reduced updates on...
.