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Current Cost, global manufacturer of real-time displays, has released home technology that provides detailed information about the energy usage of everyday household items, “arming householders with information which can help them to cut energy wastage, cut costs and lessen their environmental impact.”
Individual appliance monitors are plug-in devices that work in conjunction with Current Cost home energy monitors, enabling users to accurately track the cost of running household appliances. The IAM is one of the newest products in the energy specialist’s range of technologies and has been designed to
better enable householders to identify energy wastage. Up to nine appliances can be monitored through a single unit. “Like all our devices, the IAM has been designed to heighten user knowledge and help them further understand how energy may be wasted, even when appliances are standby,” managing director Martin Dix said. “Our new NetSmart Pro device will
make it possible to post individual appliance usage online, graph the usage and compare its efficiency with other household appliances. With the release of the Pro service it will also be possible for users to monitor their energy usage via our Facebook application. “Consumers will be able to use the medium of social networking through Facebook to monitor and share their energy usage with friends and family while exchanging energy saving tips.”
UK Chamber of Shipping enters carbon debate
The UK Chamber of Shipping has urged the international shipping industry to “keep the door open on all options to drive a reduction of its carbon emissions”
The chamber has launched manuals on the two main options and said this is the first time an attempt has been made to set out the practical implications of carbon cuts for the shipping industry. The chamber welcomed the advances
made by the International Maritime Organization to promote the reduction of shipping’s carbon emissions through technical efficiencies, but believes it will prove necessary to go further by adopting economic measures to meet governments’ expectations and targets. The UK Chamber of Shipping said: “International opinion is divided on the best model for reducing the industry’s carbon emissions. Some support a greenhouse gas contribution fund, in which shipping companies would contribute as part of bunker fuel purchases.
WWW.CARBONWARROOM.COM “Others prefer an emissions trading
system, in which companies would buy a shipping allowance or ‘emissions unit’, which they would then surrender according to actual carbon emissions. “Some consider the GHG fund to be
more straightforward and provide price certainty for the industry. But others believe a global emissions trading system would provide stronger incentives to encourage emissions reduction.” Director-general Mark
Brownrigg said: “This is a complex international debate for which we need active participation from shipping and
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governments to find a genuine solution. This must be global – through the IMO – rather than regional. “It’s crucial we don’t discount either of
the proposed mechanisms. The debate lies ahead on which option will provide greater certainty of outcome and ease of application, without damaging industry growth or world trade. That debate must be based on practical considerations.”
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