Kukui Cup
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Summary |
The Kukui Cup is an advanced dorm energy competition whose goal is to investigate the relationships among energy literacy, sustained energy conservation, and information technology support of behavior change. Two general purpose open source systems have been implemented: WattDepot and Makahiki. WattDepot provides enterprise-level collection, storage, analysis, and visualization of energy data. Makahiki is a web application framework that supports dorm energy competitions of varying degrees of complexity, including a personalized homepage where participants can complete tasks designed to increase energy literacy that can be verified by competition administrators. The technology and approach will be evaluated in a dorm energy competition to take place in the Fall of 2011, involving approximately 1000 first year students. The energy use of each pair of dormitory floors will be metered in near-realtime, and the energy literacy of participants will be assessed before and after the competition. |
Software |
The Kukui Cup technology is an instantiation of Makahiki, whose software is available at the Makahiki project site. |
Publications |
See the Kukui Cup Publications Area for a list of current publications and technical reports. |
Status |
Currently under development. The first annual Kukui Cup competition is scheduled for October, 2011. |
Keywords |
Sustainability, energy repositories, dorm energy competitions |
