{"id":364344,"date":"2017-03-21T02:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=364344"},"modified":"2017-03-21T02:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:35","slug":"gavin-mccormick","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/gavin-mccormick\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody really knows where their power comes from. Gavin McCormick empowers people to choose renewables."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"g50-profile__stats-block profile__stats-block--profile-364344 \">Cofounder &amp; Director, WattTime<br \/>\nBerkeley, California<br \/>\nAge: 33<\/aside>\n<p>Usually when you flip a light switch, you have no way of knowing where the energy powering your bulb is coming from. One minute, it could be a wind turbine. Five minutes later, it\u2019s a coal plant. But if you knew where your power was coming from at any given moment, \u201cyou could run your dishwasher or charge your car only on the renewables,\u201d Gavin McCormick explains.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick wants to make it a no-brainer to track swings in the grid\u2019s power supply and then program appliances to use only green power. So he and partner Anna Schneider started the nonprofit WattTime in 2014. In June 2015, the first product enabled with WattTime\u2019s software hit the shelves: JuiceBox Green 40, an <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2015\/07\/07\/greenest-ev-charging-solution-on-market-just-released\/\">electric vehicle charging station<\/a> from eMotorWerks. WattTime has also partnered with Energate to make\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watttime.org\/blog\/energate-inc-launches-first-watttime-enabled-thermostat\/\">smart thermostats<\/a>, Building Clouds to make\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watttime.org\/blog\/first-hvac-install-with-building-clouds\/\">HVAC controllers<\/a>, and THG Energy Solutions to help businesses and homeowners shift their energy use to when there\u2019s less demand on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>[pullquote]\u201cWe\u2019re used to seeing environmentalism as something that\u2019s hard, as something that takes time and is expensive. We\u2019re trying to send the message that it can be easy.\u201d [\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more to come. McCormick says that within the next three years, a predicted 26 billion appliances will be compatible with WattTime\u2019s software, from iPhones to washing machines. \u201cJust about anybody who controls their devices through the internet can now install the software,\u201d McCormick says. That could translate to a pretty big dent in greenhouse gas emissions in the long run. For example, McCormick says smart thermostats would deliver a 5 percent reduction in emissions at a minimum \u2014 and in some places, <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/energywise\/energy\/the-smarter-grid\/watttime-the-tool-that-tells-you-when-to-charge-your-ev-to-keep-it-green\">like Hawaii, emissions could be virtually eliminated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This founder empowers people to choose renewables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57007830,"featured_media":490281,"menu_order":23,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[10],"class_list":["post-364344","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-economy","grist-50-energy","grist-50-13"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nobody really knows where their power comes from. 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