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Visualising Energy

James Smith
AMEE

Introduction

James SmithDevelopment Manager for AMEE

History:C++ development

The Carbon Diet

Green Thing

Energy Yesterday

Scarce

Strong link to energy useDomestic

Agricultural

You have to carry your energy around!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/112388712/

Energy Today

Ubiquitous

...but InvisibleDon't have to lug electricity around

Closest is filling tank with petrol

Direct DebitsEven less visibility

How much am I even using?

Forget about it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atlih/2261065726/

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/

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/

Openness

Too important for closed solutions!

Open Data

Open Standards

Open Source

DIY approach

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

Exposing Energy

Three stepsMeasure

Communicate

Visualise

= Understanding

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moria/393087509/

Measurement

First stage

ElectricityEasy of access

Easy to measure

Gas, OilHarder, but progress being made

Petrol, DieselBig integration

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppdigital/2327889692/

CurrentCost

Realtime Display

Simple to install

Data outputXML data over serial port

http://www.currentcost.com

Wi-Eye

From Eco-Eye

Data logger

USB connectionBinary data file

4-second history

http://www.eco-eye.com

Smart Meters

More accurate

Less openEnergy company normally owns data

First UtilityData export

Long term, ideal solution

http://www.firstutility.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/freefoto/2961431969/

National Grid

Data feedsDemand

Frequency

http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Data/Realtime/Frequency/Freq60.htm

Homebrew

Custom sensorsArduino boards

Co-opted APIsTwitter

ExamplesAndy Stanford-Clarke

The Energy Crowd

Homecamp

http://www.homecamp.org.uk

Communication

Data is good

Accessible data is better

Make energy data linkable & shareable

Privacy & security concerns

Co-opted APIsTwitter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimirnm/1664474078/

Pachube

Web API for sensor dataPublishing

Sharing

Subscribing

No restrictions on data typeTemperature

Energy

Cat doors (?)

http://www.pachube.com

AMEE

Open API for energy dataWarehousingStores energy data

Structured

Context

AnalyticsCarbon calculations built in

Standard calculation methodologies

NetworkSharing energy data

http://www.amee.com

AMEE API (Storage)

http://my.amee.com/developers

Request:

POST /profiles/4737069901D3/home/energy/quantity HTTP/1.1Accept: application/xmlContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

startDate=2009-03-19T16%3A51%3A00%2B00%3A00&energyConsumption=10&energyConsumptionUnit=kWh&dataItemUid=66056991EE23&energyConsumptionPerUnit=month

Response:

HTTP/1.1 201 CREATEDLocation: http://{server}/profiles/4737069901D3/home/energy/quantity/F7C0580D088AContent-Type: text/plain

AMEE API (Retrieval)

http://my.amee.com/developers

Many output formatsXML

JSON

AtomEspecially good for time-series feeds

Visualisation

Provides feedback

ActiveSimple

User-friendly

PassiveSubconscious

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_beaver/3486761520/

The Carbon Diet

Data entryManual

Some automation

Provide accurate carbon feedback

Use social networking techniques to encourage awareness

http://www.carbondiet.org

Realtime Electricity Usage

CurrentcostRuby daemon

AMEE1-minute resolution

Atom feed

Web displayDesktop

Mobile

http://my.amee.com/demo/1

Virtual Reality

AMEE Carbon GogglesShow CO2 footprint of objects in Second Life

http://carbongoggles.org

Augmented Reality

Pachube feeds in AR

Show data feeds overlaid on real worldCamera phones

http://blog.pachube.com/2009/06/pachube-augmented-reality-demo-with.html

Demand Response

Can I Turn It On?

Electricity demandGrid frequency

If frequency is high:Excess capacity on grid

And vice versa

Includes an API...

http://www.caniturniton.com

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/

Boodlage

Audio feedbackBoodler soundscape generator

Subconscious feedback

DataDemo: Tone linked to grid frequency

Useful: A storm breaks when you use too much energy

http://github.com/Floppy/boodlagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/241924810/

AMEE Energy Identity

Central location your for energy dataUnder your control

Share with whoever you wantEnergy companies

Websites

Displays

Visualise and monitor live, all around you

http://www.amee.com

MetersWebDisplaysCards

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/

James Smith

[email protected]
http://www.amee.com

http://www.floppy.org.uk
http://twitter.com/floppy