Apps for Energy Hackathon Resources

Logistics

• Wifi SSID: 1776 Guest WiFi
• WiFi PW: Jefferson1776
• Register to demo by 5pm on Saturday on our ChallengePost page. Leave yourself 5- 10 minutes to register your team and fill this out, because you need to provide a name, a short description and at least one image (i.e. a screenshot or sketch).
• Need help? Mentors will be floating around the whole time, feel free to ask for help or feedback!

About the $100k Apps for Energy Contest

The Department of Energy is awarding prizes for the best web and mobile apps that use a featured DOE API, tool or standard to solve an energy-related challenge.

• Apps must use a featured DOE API, tool or standard (see below for details)
• You can build an app for any platform
• There are $100,000 in total prizes available. You qualify for prizes based on which featured resources you use
• Submissions are due to the challenge website by March 9

Featured APIs, Standards and Ideas

Green Button

• Sandbox API server and instructions for getting started: http://services.greenbuttondata.org
• Example parser implementation in Python: https://github.com/sborgeson/building-data-analysis/blob/master/GBParse.py
• Example parser implementation in Ruby: https://github.com/interlink/greenbutton-ruby

Buildings Performance Database

• Play with the tool here (you need to create an account): https://bpd.lbl.gov
• Get an overview of the API
• Read the full details of the API here: https://bpd.lbl.gov/developers/
• You can obtain an API key at the address above.

Energy Information Administration API

• The Energy Information Administration collects statistics about the generation and consumption of energy in the United States. Much of its extensive data catalog is available via their API.
• See the data available at: http://www.eia.gov/
• Read about the API at: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/
• You can get an API key from the above address

Home Energy Score Tool API

• Read more about the tool: http://homeenergyscore.lbl.gov/
• View the Score Tool API documentation: https://developers.buildingsapi.lbl.gov/hescore
• You can also view the Home Energy Saver API here: https://developers.buildingsapi.lbl.gov/hes
• To get an API key for the Home Energy Score, contact Charles ([email protected] or call 617-899-7854)

Commercial Buildings Asset Score Tool API

• Read about the tool here: http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/commercial-building-energy-asset-score
• Learn about the tool's API here: https://assetscoreapi.pnnl.gov/api
• To get an API key, contact Charles ([email protected] or call 617-899-7854)

Winning Ideas from Contest #1

• You can take one of the winning ideas from contest one to use as a starting point for your application. View the winning ideas at: http://energychallenge.energy.gov/a/pages/contest1winners