Building Usage Data System (BUDS)

This project will produce a well-integrated, simple building data collection and usage visualization package intended to be the standard used by Energy Raters/Auditors in Alaska.  Determining the exact capabilities to be included is part of the project.  In general the package will include:

• Basic Sensors– A set of sensors which will provide data about a building’s environmental conditions and energy usage (e.g. outdoor temperature and relative humidity, indoor temperature and relative humidity in multiple rooms, lighting condition in multiple rooms, heating fuel usage, total energy usage, etc).
• Optional Sensors– An extended sensor set which will be commonly, but not always, needed for building monitoring (e.g. hot and cold water usage, electrical usage of individual appliances, etc).
• Collection & Communication– The combination of hardware and software which will collect data from all of the building sensors, do whatever transformations are necessary, provide a local data storage buffer, and transmit the data over the Internet to a central server.
• Building Usage Visualization Dashboard– Easy to use software that will enable home owners and building managers to see at a glance how efficiently their building is and has been using energy from anywhere on the web, including from within the building without an Internet connection, using their web browser.

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