The Citizen Engagement for Energy Efficient Communities project at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory aims to help energy consumers visualize, better
understand, and become more aware of their energy consumption in order to
lower their consumption and reduce their carbon footprint. The easiest way
for the greatest number of users to be able to access their consumption data
is via an easy to use, easily accessible web-based application. Through a
combination of HTML5, PHP, MYSQL, JSON, and Javascript we were able to create
such an application and create compelling visualizations that combines user's
energy consumption data, climate data, and the usage of a user's peers to
help consumers better understand their own energy usage.