Our goal is to raise awareness among individuals and motivate them to reduce consumption by making them participants in a process of social and cultural change necessary to safeguard life on earth. The project concerns the development of a service for real-time monitoring and optimization of energy consumption available to anyone, anywhere.
Nowadays, there are already many devices on the market that connect to the meters of the structures which allow you to monitor energy consumption from the web via wifi or cloud and whose cost ranges from about 100 to 300 euros, depending on the detail of information provided. Our proposal aims to take a step forward by creating an integrated system that can be easily used by a single person for domestic or business purposes (for example, our University).
Through the web portal the user can observe the instantaneous energy consumption, the history and a forecast on the future trend with a high level of detail, whereas in the mobile app this level is lower so that it has an immediate impact on the user.
In addition, the domestic section of the app shows an Automotive section that, after having identified the personal vehicle (by choice), calculates, depending on the route, both economic and environmental savings that one would benefit by using a more " green" mean, as by feet, bicycle or public transport.
Eventually, the app encourages the user through daily tips and notifications to keep more eco-friendly habits. Moreover, the integration of NASA Earth Observation's data it is possible to forecast the possible environmental (e.g., climate) improvements if the same actions would be also undertaken by other people.