That you
eed to dredge back nearly 10 years to find one paper that managed to get something right by using the benefit of that famous predictive tool — 100 % hindsight —
shows the complete paucity of acheievement in this field.
WattzOn's Raffi Krikorian held a talk at ETech about the user - populated database for energy consumption, and
showed off a great feature - the Embodied Energy Database, which helps users know just how much power is held within commonly consumed objects.The Embodied Energy Database, or
EED, tells users how much energy was consumed in the manufacturing of an item so that the user can make more informed purchasing decisions.