The AC that Lowers Your Energy Bills
19.超省电空调
Americans spend more than $11 billion each year to blast their homes with air-conditioning, releasing 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air. Experts say a sizable portion of that is waste. IT consultant Garthen Leslie realized as much while driving to work last summer in Washington, past rows of empty-looking houses with humming window units that could not be turned on or off remotely. There had to be a better way. “So I sent an idea to Quirky,” he says, referring to the GE-backed site that turns people’s concepts into creations. Four months later, they had a prototype.
美国家庭每年花在空调上的费用超过110亿美元,向空气中排放的二氧化碳量超过1亿吨。专家称其中相当一部分都属于浪费造成的。IT顾问甘森·莱斯利去年夏天在华盛顿开车去上班的途中也意识到了这一点。由于无法远程操作,所以成排的空房间里空调嗡嗡的一直开着。应该能有个好的解决办法的。“于是我把我的想法告诉了Quirky公司,”莱斯利说。GE有网页专门负责把人们的想法变成好的设计。四个月之后,他们开发出了产品原型。
The Aros air conditioner, which has sold nearly 50,000 units since its May 2017 release. For one thing, it’s elegant, with a sleek white exterior that’s almost Apple-esque. It’s smart too. Thanks to a companion mobile app, Aros can track owners’ movements via GPS and turn itself on and off depending on their proximity to home. It also tells people exactly how much money they’re spending to cool their residences.
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