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SciLights: One Spigot to Rule Them All

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Posted on Jul 28 2010 by Daniel

Solving the mystery of my doubled water bill would’ve been easier if I had a way to monitor my usage. I smell a conspiracy….


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  Tags: data, SciLights, software, visualization, Water Category: EcoMetrics, Residential, Water

Driving in Reverse

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Posted on Jul 7 2010 by Daniel

The year is 1960, and you’ve just gotten a shiny new Chevy Impala. How will gas prices over the next 50 years change your driving habits?


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  Tags: gasoline, transportation, visualization Category: InfoVis, Transportation

Webinar: Green Tech Showcase

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Posted on Jun 8 2010 by Daniel

Tune in on June 9th, 2010 to hear me present on how UNC is slashing up to 50% of a building’s yearly energy consumption.


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  Tags: efficiency, HVAC, UNC, visualization, webinar Category: Energy, InfoVis, Presentation

America’s Drinking Problem

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Posted on Jun 4 2010 by Daniel

Which is worse: a 20 ounce bottle of Sunkist soda, or a Breyer’s Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich? Hint: one has 6 times more sugar than the other.


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  Tags: food, sugar, visualization Category: Food and Agriculture, InfoVis

What’s the big deal?

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Posted on May 28 2010 by Daniel

A little graphing humor to start your long weekend.


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  Tags: data, humor, statistics, visualization Category: InfoVis

BP and the Top Kill: Live

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Posted on May 27 2010 by Daniel

Learn about BP’s latest strategy to stem the tide, and see how they’re seasoning their data to make it more palatable to the public.


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  Tags: BP, oil, video, visualization, Water Category: InfoVis, Pollution

BookLight: The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam

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Posted on May 20 2010 by Daniel

Can drawing help you solve problems and sell ideas?


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  Tags: BookLight, drawing, visualization Category: Design, Presentation

Toast and a Hair-Do: Two Bits

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Posted on May 18 2010 by Daniel

Ever wonder how many sitcoms you can watch for a dime? Well, wonder no more.


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  Tags: appliances, efficiency, electricity, visualization Category: Energy, Residential

Psychrometrics for the Rest of Us

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Posted on May 10 2010 by Daniel

You may never hear about the field of psychrometry, but believe me, you are intimately familiar with its effects. It’s with you in the shower, it’s the reason you sweat, and if you ignore it at home, it will make you very, very sorry.


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  Tags: home comfort, humidity, HVAC, visualization Category: InfoVis, Residential

Seven “Habbits” of Highly Distorted People

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Posted on May 3 2010 by Daniel

Meet the Habbits, strangely distorted humanoids that wear their environmental impact on their sleeve whole body. Rather than limiting themselves to just a carbon footprint, Habbits have a carbon head-print, hand-print, “bum”-print, etc. The relationship goes something like this: Height – Total Carbon Footprint Feet – Transport Hands – Home Energy Mouth – Water Bum [...]


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  Tags: carbon footprint, visualization Category: Carbon, InfoVis
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