By now, most of us know that driving gas-guzzling cars, leaving your lights on all day and taking hour-long showers are activities that have a negative impact on our Earth and our future. But while this knowledge exists in our minds, it’s often difficult to tell ourselves to ride a bike, turn off our lights or take a 5 minute shower when we can’t see the impact of our actions upon our immediate surroundings. Now several green tech companies are now trying to change that by building data visualization systems that allow us to easily see the impact of our actions, providing us with a construct for understanding and changing our behavior. Read on to check out some of the coolest examples of data visualization that actually show you how much energy you’re saving!
