http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.open.ac.uk.1543326395.01543326407 Open University Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability - for iPod/iPhone When you switch on a light or turn the heating on in your home, do you think about where that power has come from? In most of the world, we’re still burning harmful fossil fuels to create energy. However, throughout Europe a growing number of householders have decided to put the environment first, by switching to a "green tariff" with energy suppliers who can guarantee renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. This album explores the various ways in which innovative technologies - such as wind-farms, heat exchangers, photovoltaic panels and combined heat and power plants - provide the opportunity to revolutionise energy markets and turn whole communities and districts green. One town in Holland is a good example of a "suburban energy island", where the solar-panelled buildings act as energy providers back to the main grid when they generate extra to spare. Altogether the tracks in the album inspire a new way of looking at designing modern living using a mix of technologies to ensure a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable future. You can find out more about innovation in design by exploring the related albums "Design and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from the Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future. (CONTENT reorganised July 2009) Engineering Open University no Customers who have opted for a green tariff talk about the reasons why they have decided to do so. Customers who have opted for a green tariff talk about the reasons why they have decided to do so. Customers who have opted for a green tariff talk about the reasons why they have decided to do so. 1554232828 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:10:56 GMT Open University 0:07:24 no Engineering Open University Reasons why green tariffs are taken up by the minority in the UK. Reasons why green tariffs are taken up by the minority in the UK. Reasons why green tariffs are taken up by the minority in the UK. 1544996157 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:09:56 GMT Open University 0:01:15 no Engineering Open University How a suburb in Holland is offsetting its power consumption by generating solar power. How a suburb in Holland is offsetting its power consumption by generating solar power. How a suburb in Holland is offsetting its power consumption by generating solar power. 1545954641 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:08:56 GMT Open University 0:02:28 no Engineering Open University Woking and its use of green technologies to power community buildings and local houses. Woking and its use of green technologies to power community buildings and local houses. Woking and its use of green technologies to power community buildings and local houses. 1545954640 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:07:56 GMT Open University 0:13:28 no Engineering Open University Looking at the issues that influence the consumer to change to green technologies, and the current programmes that exist to support that. Looking at the issues that influence the consumer to change to green technologies, and the current programmes that exist to support that. Looking at the issues that influence the consumer to change to green technologies, and the current programmes that exist to support that. 1554232824 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:06:56 GMT Open University 0:02:09 no Engineering Open University A professor of technology policy talks about the route of innovation in the context of green technologies. A professor of technology policy talks about the route of innovation in the context of green technologies. A professor of technology policy talks about the route of innovation in the context of green technologies. 1554232822 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:05:56 GMT Open University 0:01:08 no Engineering Open University The role that government plays in promoting new technologies and the influence that they have. The role that government plays in promoting new technologies and the influence that they have. The role that government plays in promoting new technologies and the influence that they have. 1544996156 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:04:56 GMT Open University 0:01:09 no Engineering Open University