Public Awareness
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Ran into another clever media art installation. It's called Nuage Vert ("Green Cloud") again from We Make Money Not Art. A waste incineration cloud emits colored vapor that changes based on the amount of waste being incinerated, making residents aware of their collective impact.
I recently figured out my apartment complex bills us for water/trash/sewer usage by dividing the total amount per building by the number of residents in that building. There's quite a bit of turnover in the complex, and in general not a very communal feel or many neighbors seen socializing. This makes the incentive to reduce consumption rather low: since we're going to be penalized if our neighbors use a lot of water even if we try to conserve, might as well get our money's worth. I wonder if there's a way to get access to water use data sooner than the total at the end of the month. I wonder if I'd get in trouble for trying to build one of these. :) Only for water it would have to be a fountain, maybe with one of those LED faucets from Thinkgeek.
I recently figured out my apartment complex bills us for water/trash/sewer usage by dividing the total amount per building by the number of residents in that building. There's quite a bit of turnover in the complex, and in general not a very communal feel or many neighbors seen socializing. This makes the incentive to reduce consumption rather low: since we're going to be penalized if our neighbors use a lot of water even if we try to conserve, might as well get our money's worth. I wonder if there's a way to get access to water use data sooner than the total at the end of the month. I wonder if I'd get in trouble for trying to build one of these. :) Only for water it would have to be a fountain, maybe with one of those LED faucets from Thinkgeek.
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