Why use technical data?
Technical data such as energy bills, building audits, sensors of indoor climate and energy meters helps to define the space in your school of what is technically feasible to change. Monitoring this data also helps to evaluate the impact of changes made.
What technical data?
Greengage defines the four climate seasons as the unit to collect, analyse and compare technical data. This helps to compare your school’s efforts made between the seasons.
Within every season, Greengage gives a character to the monitored variables so you can playfully connect to their behaviours to monitor your school comfort and energy use:
Ember: “Come to me to learn about how temperature influences your comfort. I am responsible for creating the ideal space for you to teach, learn and feel healthy.”
Emi: “Take a closer look at the humidity levels at your school. I’m hard to see but you will notice me in your dry eyes, sweaty skin, or damp hair.”
Elux: “Come to me to learn about how light influences your comfort. Be aware of my mood swings because my intensity and colour can affect your mood!”
Eairy: “I help you understand the CO2 levels at your school! You can’t really notice me, but I mostly appear with a lack of oxygen or stuffy air.”
Echo: “I help you understand the noise levels at your school. I am chill at 35dB. Did you know that background noise in school public spaces can get up to 90dB?”
Elek: “Take a closer look at the electricity usage in your school. I am around you everywhere. So be careful how you use me because everything you do has an energy footprint!”
How does technical data come back in Greengage?
Greengage offers connectivity to external sensors and meters installed at your school to provide real-time and historical overview of how the school behaves with regards to comfort and energy use.
The variables monitored by Greengage are limited to what the sensor and meter infrastructure of your school is. The minimal setup that is suggested, consists of:
- 4 indoor climate sensors installed at 4 different rooms in the school. All of them measure temperature, humidity and light. Three of them measure CO2 and one measures sound. The suggested protocol is to install the sensors at eye level and far from direct heating/cooling/light/sound sources. The frequency of monitoring can be set to one minute or on hourly basis depending on the demands.
- Electricity meters that can be easily plugged and played in the meter box. The granularity and frequency of the measurements is defined by the audit done at the school.
