SFU PhD candidate and HCSSL researcher Stephen Makonin, with SFU professors Fred Popowich and Lyn Bartram, has released an open dataset of residential energy use for general research. The AMPds (Almanac of Minutely Power Dataset) contains one years worth…
Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability, edited by Rebecca Henn and Andrew Hoffman, has just been released by MIT Press, 2013. It features a chapter by K. Velikov, L. Bartram and others on “Empowering the Inhabitant: Communication Technologies, Responsive…
West House, the SFUsustainable laneway home, opened to much public and media interest March 8 in Vancouver. It showcases leading-edge small footprint residential design, energy efficient, integrated systems and interactive technologies that encourage a sustainable lifestyle. Chief among these…
A recent press release in the Vancouver Observer announced the development of the Net Zero Canadian Research and Development Centre, that “will demonstrate Canada’s capabilities in green building technologies, and serve as a one-stop location for Canadian technology companies in…
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North House has been awarded a 2010 R&D Award by Architect Magazine. These jury-selected awards are based on criteria of performance, aesthetics, and progressive thinking. The writeup for the award focuses on the Adaptive Living Interface System (though the interactive…
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Early in September, one of our research group members will be running a study to explore the design requirements for ambient and artistic visualization of residential resource use. We are currently recruiting participants for the study. Individuals wishing to participate…
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Notification of two new publications has recently come down the pipeline for the research group. The first is a workshop paper that we will present at UbiComp 2010 in the Ubiquitous Computing for Sustainable Energy workshop. The second is a…
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Johnny and Lyn recently received notification that their poster submission has been accepted to UbiComp 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark! The poster presents the motivation and design rationale behind ALIS, the Aware Living Interface System, that has been deployed in North…
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One of our primary industry partners, Embedded Automation, has released a video demonstrating their new products for smart grid integration. Connecting the Digital Home to the Smart Grid presents their mStation and mBee products, which use ZigBee networking technology to…
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Our article, Chasing the Negawatt: Visualization for Sustainable Living, is featured in this month’s issue of Computing Now, a Web site featuring content from the IEEE Computer Society’s 13 magazines. This feature makes the article freely accessible online for a…
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