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Personal Kyoto

For those on the East Coast, Con Edison users can sign up to a new website, Personal-Kyoto.org, that better tracks energy use in your home.  You basically sign in and Personal Kyoto creates graphs of your energy use history. Then you try to reduce your annual use by 25% over the course of a year, which is close to what the Kyoto Protocol would require.  You can see what turning off your lights, using efficient bulbs, shutting down your computer at night, etc. actually does. 

The site also allows you to compare your energy use to others in your borrough, New York City, and against the national average.  One of the encouraging/scary things is that New York residential energy use is close to half the national average. 

The site was developed in the OpenLab at Eyebeam by Ben Englebreth.  Ben is planning a round of improvements to the current site, as well as expanding it out to other major energy providers.  He's very accessable, so if you have ideas or can offer assistance, let him know through the site.