EAGER: Scalable Energy Monitoring and Visualization in a Living Building

EAGER：居住建筑中的可扩展能源监控和可视化

• 批准号: 1450090
• 负责人: Jeannie Albrecht
• 金额: $ 16.13万
• 依托单位: Williams College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450090&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Scalable; Energy; Monitoring; Visualization

Creating sustainable buildings that optimize energy efficiency, in part by relying on renewable energy sources, has several benefits to society. From an environmental standpoint, non-renewable energy sources often produce harmful emissions in the environment and most non-renewable energy sources are based on fossil fuels, which have a finite supply and are difficult to harvest and transport. Therefore, finding ways to develop sustainable buildings that use renewable energy sources has distinct environmental and societal value.The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is encouraging programs that assist in the development of "greener" buildings that are also architecturally interesting. The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is a building certification program, administered by the ILFI, which measures sustainability. Williams College is pursuing the LBC as part of the Kellogg House renovation project. The Kellogg House was originally built in 1794, and upon completion of the renovation project, it will be the first historic building in the country to achieve LBC certification with a "net-zero" energy usageThis project supports instrumenting the house with sensors and devices that accurately monitor and display energy consumption and generation crucial for measuring usage and guiding occupant behavior and that is designed to be sustainable and rely on only renewable energy sources. The main contribution of this project, therefore, will be the development of a scalable and robust sensing infrastructure that may serve as a model for future LBC participants. The energy usage data that is collected from the building will be anonymized and made publicly available. These data will facilitate future research in sustainability worldwide. Once completed, the Kellogg House will serve as a learning laboratory, teaching occupants to lead more sustainable lives even beyond the confines of the house.

创建优化能源效率的可持续建筑，部分依靠可再生能源，对社会有几个好处。从环境的角度来看，不可再生能源往往在环境中产生有害排放物，而且大多数不可再生能源是以化石燃料为基础的，化石燃料的供应有限，难以收获和运输。因此，寻找开发使用可再生能源的可持续建筑的方法具有独特的环境和社会价值。国际未来生活研究所（ILFI）正在鼓励帮助开发“绿色”建筑的项目，这些建筑也具有建筑上的吸引力。LBC（Living Building Challenge）是一项由ILFI管理的建筑认证计划，旨在衡量可持续性。威廉姆斯学院正在追求LBC作为凯洛格楼改造项目的一部分。凯洛格住宅最初建于1794年，在装修工程完成后，这将是该国第一座获得LBC认证的历史建筑，能源使用该项目支持使用传感器和设备对房屋进行仪表化，这些传感器和设备可以准确地监测和显示能源消耗和发电量，这对于测量使用情况和指导居住者行为至关重要，并且旨在实现可持续发展只依靠可再生能源。因此，该项目的主要贡献将是开发一个可扩展和强大的传感基础设施，可作为未来LBC参与者的模型。从建筑物收集的能源使用数据将被匿名并公开。这些数据将促进全球可持续性的未来研究。一旦完工，凯洛格之家将作为一个学习实验室，教居住者过上更可持续的生活，甚至超越了房子的范围。