Dashboard for Sustainable Homes

2018年，与工业、交通和农业相比，一次和二次能源的住宅和商业使用分别占加拿大最终需求的17%和14%。随着住宅和商业能源消耗需求的逐年增加，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。商业上有几种低温室气体排放或非温室气体排放的能源。它们在总体减排中发挥着重要作用，但随着消耗量的增加，大多数房主依赖传统的水和能源；这一趋势预计将持续到2040年。 住宅行业正在为2030年能效法规的变化做准备。重点放在“绿色”信封、机械和电气系统的技术进步上。为了增加这些绿化努力的影响，Idea Electric and Controls Inc.(IE)假设，通过安装实时数据仪表盘，提供可视化的水和能源消耗以及废水产生将改变行为，加强绿化努力。为了探索这一假设，他们征求了南艾伯塔省理工学院(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，以设计和建造仪表板原型。数据生产将从基本的电气和机械流程中提取。这个基于网络的应用程序将监控特定的水和能量流动。数据将被收集起来，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.