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Campaign to Measure Everything

Earthpill has launched a campaign to measure every electrical item in the world.

According to Colin Bennett, one of Earthpill's founders "It's a big job but we think that the community nature of Earthpill means that it's possible. The alternative is to keep on wasting the electricity that we are using up the world's resources to create".

Steven Chu, a physicist and Nobel Laureate has just been appointed as the new US Secretary of Energy and we think that this signals a change in attitudes to energy consumption and waste. Mr Chu recently commented "Energy efficiency is not just low-hanging fruity; it is the fruit that is lying on the ground". Earthpill does the job of picking up the windfalls.

The Measure Everything campaign will be promoted through press and schools' organisations.

If you would like to get involved please email us at

Institution of Engineering and Technology

Earthpill is mentioned in an article in the IET magazine by Keri Allan.

"To get more precise numbers, a company called Earthpill created a website that allows people to measure the consumption of their domestic appliances with an energy monitor and put their readings into a free online database. By sharing results, people can see where they are wasting electricity without the need to measure every appliance themselves."

"With companies such as Earthpill appearing, it's clear to see that the issue of energy efficiency is becoming more resonant with the public. This can only be positive news."

Full article: http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/issues/0908/war-on-waste-0908.cfm

School Cuts Electricity Consumption by 15% using Earthpill

St Mary�s Junior School in Hornsey, North London, UK has saved £1,200 per year using Earthpill:

"We itemised and measured every electrical item in the school using the Earthpill web-site and produced totals which showed that 67% of the consumption was due to lighting." This led to school applying for and being awarded a grant from ENCAMS to fit PIR occupancy detectors to all rooms. The school's site manager, Ian Bruce, has calculated that this will save them 10,000 kWh (£1,200) per year which is around 15% of their total electricity use.

Full article (in French): http://www.display-campaign.org/article935.html

Scottish Island Told to Stop Using Toasters

The Scottish island of Eigg has most of its energy provided by hydro-electric generators but, according to this article in the Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/stop-using-toasters-islanders-are-told-2014033.html, a recent shortage of rainfall has resulted in islanders being encourages to use their energy hungry appliances less.