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If you can see it, you can change it
1. If you can see it,
you can change it
Visualising Energy
James Smith
AMEE
2. Introduction
James Smith
Development Manager for AMEE
History:
C++ development
The Carbon Diet
Green Thing
3. Energy Yesterday
Scarce
Strong link to energy use
Domestic
Agricultural
You have to carry your
energy around!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/112388712/
4. Energy Today
Ubiquitous
...but Invisible
Don't have to lug
electricity around
Closest is filling tank with
petrol
Direct Debits
Even less visibility
How much am I even
using?
Forget about it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atlih/2261065726/
5. But, there's a problem
Exponential growth
Ever-increasing energy
needs
Energy Monoculture
Peak X
Climate Change
We need to get back in
contact with our energy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xcbiker/740500486/
6. Making energy visible again
Need to find ways to
make the invisible,
visible
Make energy a visible,
tangible thing
Without lugging wood
around!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmiller/773233665/
7. Openness
Too important for closed
solutions!
Open Data
Open Standards
Open Source
DIY approach
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/
8. Exposing Energy
Three steps
Measure
Communicate
Visualise
= Understanding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moria/393087509/
9. Measurement
First stage
Electricity
Easy of access
Easy to measure
Gas, Oil
Harder, but progress
being made
Petrol, Diesel
Big integration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppdigital/2327889692/
10. CurrentCost
Realtime Display
Simple to install
Data output
XML data over serial port
http://www.currentcost.com
11. Wi-Eye
From Eco-Eye
Data logger
USB connection
Binary data file
4-second history
http://www.eco-eye.com
12. Smart Meters
More accurate
Less open
Energy company normally
owns data
First Utility
Data export
Long term, ideal solution
http://www.firstutility.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freefoto/2961431969/
13. National Grid
Data feeds
Demand
Frequency
http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Data/Realtime/Frequency/Freq60.htm
14. Homebrew
Custom sensors
Arduino boards
Co-opted APIs
Twitter
Examples
Andy Stanford-Clarke
The Energy Crowd
Homecamp
http://www.homecamp.org.uk
15. Communication
Data is good
Accessible data is better
Make energy data
linkable & shareable
Privacy & security
concerns
Co-opted APIs
Twitter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimirnm/1664474078/
16. Pachube
Web API for sensor data
Publishing
Sharing
Subscribing
No restrictions on data
type
Temperature
Energy
Cat doors (?)
http://www.pachube.com
17. AMEE
Open API for energy data
Warehousing
Stores energy data
Structured
Context
Analytics
Carbon calculations built in
Standard calculation
methodologies
Network
Sharing energy data
http://www.amee.com
19. AMEE API (Retrieval)
Many output formats
XML
JSON
Atom
Especially good for time-series feeds
http://my.amee.com/developers
20. Visualisation
Provides feedback
Active
Simple
User-friendly
Passive
Subconscious
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_beaver/3486761520/
21. The Carbon Diet
Data entry
Manual
Some automation
Provide accurate carbon
feedback
Use social networking
techniques to
encourage awareness
http://www.carbondiet.org
22. Realtime Electricity Usage
Currentcost
Ruby daemon
AMEE
1-minute resolution
Atom feed
Web display
Desktop
Mobile
http://my.amee.com/demo/1
23. Virtual Reality
AMEE Carbon Goggles
Show CO2 footprint of
objects in Second Life
http://carbongoggles.org
24. Augmented Reality
Pachube feeds in AR
Show data feeds overlaid
on real world
Camera phones
http://blog.pachube.com/2009/06/pachube-augmented-reality-demo-with.html
25. Demand Response
Can I Turn It On?
Electricity demand
Grid frequency
If frequency is high:
Excess capacity on grid
And vice versa
Includes an API...
http://www.caniturniton.com
26. The Tealight
Uses caniturniton.com
API
Green:
OK to make tea :)
Red:
Don't make tea :(
http://chrisadams.me.uk/2009/04/24/tea-arduino-and-dynamic-demand/
27. Boodlage
Audio feedback
Boodler soundscape
generator
Subconscious feedback
Data
Demo: Tone linked to grid
frequency
Useful: A “storm” breaks
when you use too much
energy
http://github.com/Floppy/boodlage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/241924810/
28. AMEE Energy Identity
Central location your for
Meters energy data
Cards
Under your control
Share with whoever you
want
Energy companies
Websites
Displays
Displays
Web
Visualise and monitor
live, all around you
http://www.amee.com
29. The Future
Openness will set you
free
Allows unimaginable
applications
Too important to be left to
big business
… so get out there and
create!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmacorig/177302248/
30. James Smith
james@amee.com
http://www.amee.com
http://www.floppy.org.uk
http://twitter.com/floppy