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Jonathan Buck

Director of Communications, 43 years old

Switzerland, Vaud, Gingins

Web http://www.iec.ch

Skype Jonathan Buck

Topics of interest energy efficiency | global warming | renewable energy

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A person who wants to make a difference. I work for the IEC, which supports wattwatt.

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A nation breathing: How the US CO2 emmissions "look"

Posted on April 9, 2008 | 850 Views
Just read this on wired . Scientists from NASA and the US Department of Energy have put together a video depicting the US CO2 emissions. Check out the Vulcan Project and ...
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If you read one book this year, read "The Hot Topic"

Posted on April 8, 2008 | 930 Views | 1 Comment
I have been meaning to write a pulse on this for some days now!  Having finished the excellent book, " The Hot Topic " by Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King, I ...
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Earth Hour approaches on Saturday...24 cities, 240 000+ people, 18 000 businesses

Posted on March 27, 2008 | 1070 Views | 3 Comments
Thanks to Vered in Israel for highlighting one major global event this week. Please do take a moment to check this out. Earth Hour , an event that started in Australia ...
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Sweden shows the way

Posted on March 11, 2008 | 957 Views
While I will post this link in the wikiwatts section, I wanted to draw wattwatters' attention to the Swedish Energy Agency's site . It really offers some excellent material - not ...
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UK energy saving day...uses more energy

Posted on February 29, 2008 | 973 Views | 2 Comments
Perhaps the role of the individual in making a difference in improving electrical energy efficiency is a lost cause, or is it about who pushes out the message? Take this ...
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See wattwatt in action at LIFT08

Posted on February 8, 2008 | 816 Views | 3 Comments
See Bill Thompson and the IEC's Flip Martin-King present wattwatt and the care4it competition to the 700+ attendees at LIFT08. All the videos from LIFT have now been posted ...
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Another Solar Tower

Posted on January 16, 2008 | 779 Views
Couldn't resist trying out this new functionality on wattwatt. A new project for Australia:
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Are you prone to green compensation?

Posted on January 15, 2008 | 767 Views | 1 Comment
Just read an excellent blog from Paul Horrell on the BBC's new site www.loveearth.com . He makes the point of individuals green compensating one way (say, buying a ...
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The Solar Tower

Posted on December 14, 2007 | 761 Views
Just could not resist sharing this beautiful piece of engineering and a great source of renewable energy: Plataforma Solar de Almería Web Server, the European Test Centre for Solar ...
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OK folks - it's official - we can do something about climate change

Posted on November 19, 2007 | 749 Views
So the politicians have finished arguing over the use of "very likely" versus "likely" and the final IPCC report is out. I recommend reading it since it's better than ...