While politicians grapple and stop-start over
the growing concern for the welfare of our planet, more of us are
wondering what we can do to reduce the size of our carbon footprint at
home. This sort of thinking has given rise to the Greener Gadgets 2010
Conference recently hosted in New York City by the Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA). The event celebrated a wide range of exciting
prospects in household innovation and design from a variety of leaders
at the forefront of green technology and sustainability.
Fuseproject founder, Yves Behar’s challenge to designers to “put the sexy back into green,” is as appealing to the consumer as it is to the industry. CEA Senior Vice President Jason Oxman’s stated that, “three out of four US consumers expressed concern for the rising cost of home energy usage,” a statistic which will continue to influence innovation and design in the electronics industry.
Jeff Omelchuck, founder of the Green Electronics Council and EPEAT, spoke of the power that consumers have to change the electronics design process by speaking to manufacturers with one voice: “ What can we do to increase the greenness of electronics products? Buy them…Manufacturers are good at listening to the market.”
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Author: Sandra Arcaro
