Capstone students build energy dashboard
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91²Ö¿â buildings use thousands of kilowatt-hours of electricity each day to power classrooms, residence halls, offices, laboratories, lighting, and heating and cooling systems. While electricity meters across campus collect detailed information about energy usage, the information was not easily accessible until group of Computer Science students changed that with their senior capstone project.
The team developed the , a custom interactive web application created for SOU’s Sustainability Office. The dashboard gathers electricity data from across campus and puts it into a single platform where students, faculty and staff can view building energy use and compare performance across campus.
