Essays on Energy Usage

Each bulb "checks in" to the Internet every hour each day with its status and energy usage (one data point): There are 24 hours in a day. 5 bulbs×1datapointhour×24hoursday×8bytesdatapoint=960bytesday The user remotely controls their lights once a day on average (one data point for all bulbs, not one for each): 1datapointday×8bytesdatapoint=8bytesday The user checks the status once a day (one data point): 1datapointday×8bytesdatapoint=8bytesday Total: 960+8+8=976bytesday

How much data is transferred each week?

There are 7 days in a week. Total: 976bytesday ×7daysweek=6832bytesweek

How much data is transferred each year?

There are 365 days in a year. Total: 976bytesday ×365daysyear=356240bytesyear

What if 30 million homes had this same setup – how much data would be transferred each year altogether?

Simply multiply the annual ...

Sustainable Technology – Smart Houses

Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Mankind has always strived for progress. This progress can be attained in the largest, existential scales, and the most mundane, everyday ones. Certainly, global warming is an existential challenge for humanity. The United States Energy Information Administration (2014) discloses that fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation has increased from 1990 to 2014. This trend indicates a general increase of global demand for electricity, which places pressure on more environmentally-friendly forms of power generation (that use renewable resources), which can curtail their development. It is also true that technological breakthroughs are commonly brought about to ...

Implications of Erecting Additional Transmission Lines

Introduction Auckland is one of the regions in New Zealand. Auckland does not have many power generation sites like the other regions in New Zealand. However, the demand characteristics for Auckland are still high and are projected to increase due to population growth and economic development. Given that many of the energy production sites have been developed and the development of the remaining sites faces opposition from environmental groups, the viable options for easing the supply issues in Auckland include the development of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy, the optimization of the current transmission network ...

IKEA Company: Is the Company Success Sustainable?

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Abstract IKEA today is more than a company, it is a community of highly motivated people who share the company’s values, mission, and goals. Being one of the global leaders in the sphere of household goods production, IKEA adheres to the proactive position in environmental and social issues justifying the branded idea of creating a more sustainable home life. In this paper, the sustainability factors affecting the success of the company on the international arena are analyzed. IKEA presented an unrivaled consistency in the realization of various ecological and social projects, in cooperation with suppliers and partners ...