Collecting, sharing, comparing, and displaying resource usage data

A system for collecting, comparing, and displaying resource usage data, comprising:

• an input device configured to receive, via an interactive competitions screen of a user interface, a request to initiate a competition among a plurality of resource consumers, wherein performance of each resource consumer within the competition is based on the resource consumer's reduction in resource usage over a period of time;
• a network communication interface, configured to transmit a request to at least one resource consumer to engage in the competition, and further configured to receive, from at least one resource consumer, an acceptance of the transmitted request;
• a processor, communicatively coupled to the input device and to the network communication interface, configured to initiate the competition;
• and
• a storage device, coupled to the processor, configured to collect and store resource usage data associated with a first resource consumer;
• wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve stored resource usage data associated with at least two resource consumers engaged in the competition, assess performance of each resource consumer engaged in the competition by determining the resource consumer's reduction in resource usage over a period of time, and compare the assessed performance of the resource consumers engaged in the competition;
• the system further comprising an output device, communicatively coupled to the processor, configured to display the results of the comparison, the displayed results comprising a comparative representation of resource consumer performance based on each resource consumer's reduction in resource usage.