Dashboard for Sustainable Homes

与2018年加拿大工业、交通和农业相比，一次能源和二次能源的住宅和商业使用分别占最终需求的17%和14%。随着住宅和商业能源消费需求的逐年增加，居住者在减少工作和家庭排放方面发挥着越来越大的作用。有几种低温室气体排放或非温室气体排放的能源可商购获得。它们在整体减排方面发挥着重要作用，但大多数房主依赖传统的水和能源，消费量不断增加;预计这一趋势将持续到2040年。 住宅行业正在为2030年能源效率法规的变化做准备。重点放在技术进步，“绿色绿色”的信封，机械和电气系统。为了增加这些绿色努力的影响，理想电气和控制公司。(IE)假设通过安装真实的时间数据仪表板，提供可视化的水和能源消耗以及废水产生，将改变行为，加强绿化工作。为了探索这一假设，他们寻求南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）绿色建筑技术（GBT）和创新信息技术解决方案中心（CIITS）的支持，以设计和建造一个仪表板原型。数据制作将利用基本的电气和机械流程。这个基于网络的应用程序将监测水和能源的具体流量。将收集数据并与历史消费记录进行比较。

Residential and commercial use of primary and secondary energy accounted for 17% and 14% respectively of final demand compared to industrial, transportation and agriculture in 2018 in Canada. With year-over-year demand increases for residential and commercial energy consumption occupants play an increasingly large role in reduction of emissions at work and home. There are several low or non- greenhouse gas emitting energy generation sources available commercially. They have an important role in overall emissions reduction, but most homeowners rely on traditional water and energy sources with increasing consumption; this trend is expected to continue into 2040. The residential housing industry is bracing for changes to energy efficiency regulations in 2030. Emphasis is placed on technological advances that 'green' the envelope, mechanical and electrical systems. To increase the impact of these greening efforts Ideal Electric and Controls Inc. (IE) has hypothesized that by installing real time data dashboard that provides visual water and energy consumption plus waste water production will change behaviours enhancing the greening efforts. To explore this hypothesis, they have solicited the support of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Green Building Technology (GBT) and the Centre for Innovative Information Technology Solutions (CIITS) to design and build a dashboard prototype. The data production will draw from basic electrical and mechanical flows. This web-based application will monitor specific flows of water and energy. Data will be gathered and compared to the historical consumption records.