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Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story. Drew Basinger Doug Willson Appalachian State University Boone, NC October 15, 2012. ACTIONS/BEHAVIORS. INITIAL UNDERSTANDING AND PERCEPTION. I wonder how sustainable ASU is?. Leadership.

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Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

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  1. Transformative Data Access:Helping Students Writethe Sustainability Story Drew Basinger Doug Willson Appalachian State University Boone, NC October 15, 2012

  2. ACTIONS/BEHAVIORS INITIAL UNDERSTANDING AND PERCEPTION I wonder how sustainable ASU is? Leadership All the departments & entities at ASU The App. Office of Sustainability DATA DISSEMINATION DATA RETRIEVAL AASHE: STARS Sierra Club: “Cool” Princeton Review: 98 of 99 ACUPCC: GHG Inventory 3rd PARTY RATINGS

  3. ACTIONS/BEHAVIORS DEEPENING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING Leadership: Admin & Sustainability Council All the departments & entities at ASU Office of Sustainability (w/?) AUTOMATIC, REAL-TIME, INTERACTIVE DATA RETRIEVAL & DISSEMINATION AASHE: STARS Princeton Review: 98 /99 Sierra Club: “Cool” ACUPCC: GHG Inventory 3rd PARTY RATINGS

  4. Ah haaah!...Now I see it! ACTIONS/BEHAVIORS Leadership: Admin & Sustainability Council ACTION All the departments & entities at ASU Office of Sustainability (w/?) AND BEHAVIOR AND BEHAVIOR AUTOMATIC, REAL-TIME, INTERACTIVE DATA RETRIEVAL & DISSEMINATION AASHE: STARS Princeton Review: 98 /99 Sierra Club: “Cool” ACUPCC: GHG Inventory 3rd PARTY RATINGS

  5. TRANSFORMATIVE SUSTAINABILITY DATA Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  6. Energy Savings Performance Contract (2009) • Upgrades to HVAC systems • Energy efficient lighting • Install a 2,000-square-foot green roof • Metasyssoftware from Johnson Controls Process Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  7. Metasys Building automation software • Building management • Intelligent energy use • Energy reporting system* Using Metasys as… • Building automation • Data source for • Lighting • Heating • Cooling Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  8. Metasys Data Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  9. Selecting a Building Summit Residence Hall • Newly completed Residence Hall • Opened Fall 2012 • Build to LEED standards • Metasys controls installed Technical Specs • 9 floors • 19 rooms per floor • 38 students per floor Monitoring • Heating loads • Cooling loads • Lighting • 5% of plug loads* Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  10. Outreach • Scheduled meetings with selected floors • Briefly described our idea • Demonstrated the website • Total of 20 students • Hung up flyers and cards with URL Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  11. Telling the Story Develop dynamic website • www.watch-your-watts.com • Create database • Import Metasys data • PHP and MySQL Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  12. Analytics Google Analytics • Track page views • New vs. Returning visitors • Top content • Great tool for analyzing websites Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  13. What effect will this data accessibility have? Right to know Opening the gates to Research (20,000 minds to meet the challenge) Ex) match comparison Great questions: How come the 2nd floor uses so much cooling? Old library v. new library Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  14. Example of Matching Analysis Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  15. What happened? Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  16. Next Steps Future Initiatives • Streamline data collection • Automate process • Real-time capabilities • Add renewable energy systems • Monitoring all buildings on campus • Functionality (DL data, heat/cool set points) Benefits • Analyze building performance • Analyze Metasys software • Ownership and accountability for energy usage • Research opportunities • Students write their own sustainability story Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

  17. Questions Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story

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