Energiebesparing met data: inzicht en acties

The bachelor thesis for Computer Science students at Utrecht University requires its students to develop software for a client in the industry. We chose to work with EnergiePartners to create the EnergiePlanner++, a web module that aids their customers in reducing their energy consumption through automated analyses. Advisors can create these analyses by combining one or more tasks. An example of such an analysis is one that calculates the energy used per m2 of a building and sends an e-mail to the advisor if the usage is unexpected. These analyses can be scheduled to run automatically at given time intervals. The EnergiePlanner++ will help EnergiePartners to reduce unnecessary energy consumption, which contributes to a cleaner and more sustainable world. In this paper we describe our planning, process and design choices used for the development of the EnergiePlanner++. We also reflect on the aforementioned aspects of the project, what lessons we learned and what we would have done differently. We have learned how to work on a large project that had to be built from the ground up. This includes creating the entire front and back end, planning, communicating within the team and communicating with the client.