Energy Saving Gadget - Statement of Intent

Our second project is looking at energy consumption - what we can do to reduce the amount of energy we as a society, as households, and as individuals, with conservation of environmental resources as the motivator for this. Many of the sources of energy the world uses are non-renewable - what are we going to do when they run out? We need to drastically reduce our consumption of energy firstly, but we also need to  look at alternative sources of energy to replace the ones that are currently running out.

As environmental awareness is currently a high-profile world issue, there are many ways available to monitor and reduce energy use. The problem is that many of these aren't user friendly and therefore are not conducive to their intended purpose - you're not likely to use something that doesn't fit seamlessly into your current habits, as habits are hard to change. So, if we can improve the user interfaces on such devices, we're more likely to be able to improve the monitoring of energy use and consequently work towards saving our environment.