Increasing awareness of residential energy consumption: Data analysis and presentation for ecoMOD, a sustainable housing initiative

The ecoMOD housing project is an ongoing design, build, and evaluate project at the University of Virginia. The School of Architecture and the School of Engineering and applied science work together to build a series of housing prototypes that use sustainable design, modular construction techniques, and energy-efficient appliances to minimize the cost and environmental impact of affordable residences. Each prototype contains power, water, temperature, and carbon dioxide sensors. Data from these sensors allow for analysis of the projectpsilas success. The results suggest that the house is efficient, but feedback to occupants might motivate behavior changes to increase efficiency further. A web interface displaying resource use feedback will be implemented to make this change.