TweetI’ve talked about visualizing greenhouse gas emissions before, but Sam Savage’s book The Flaw of Averages made me wonder whether there were even more powerful ways to understand data than simple graphs and charts. He calls them “Mindles.” The concept goes something like this: you don’t learn to ride a bike by studying the equations [...]
TweetWell, it’s official – greenhouse gases are now under EPA regulation. There’s been talk for the last year or so, and battles over whether carbon falls under their jurisdiction. At the same time, many states (including my state North Carolina) have enacted legislation to perform the same function on a more local level. The feds [...]
TweetI just returned from the Discovery 2009 and Innovator’s Summit in Chicago. The conference is all about analytics, data mining, visualization and the people who make their living understanding numbers. One the speakers, Joel Best, really caught my attention. He is the author of several books including Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data [...]
TweetCheck it – we’re finally done with the Climate Action Plan, and UNC is on the path to climate neutrality! Hopefully, I can get back to my regularly scheduled blog… UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2865/68/ For immediate use: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 UNC submits Climate Action Plan as part of commitment to carbon neutrality As the [...]
TweetThis just in from the Abuse of Intellectual Property Department: a company called Verisae has filed (and received!) a patent on software that tracks greenhouse gas emissions. Are they kidding? Their website claims: “Verisae’s comprehensive patent relates to methods and systems of tracking enterprise gas emissions such as Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). The solutions presented relate [...]
TweetHow do you show the relative contribution of 300 buildings to a campus’s carbon footprint? You might think pie chart, but then you’d have 300 slices and enough labels to make your head spin. Why not try a Tree Map, instead? A tree map represents each category as a box whose size corresponds to the [...]
