Features WIP - JerJohn15/cambridge_energy_app GitHub Wiki

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User facing features

Login/Sign-up Account (use devise and one of the authz libraries)

Deleting Account - possibly in a later version

Personal profile page:

• Address
• Metered utilities

Current score page:

• “This is your score”
• Contains links to daily and monthly

Daily data entry page

• How is the temperature in your apartment/house on a scale of 1-5?

Monthly data entry page

• kWh from electric bill
• therms from gas bill

Your stats

• Activity for the last 30 days

Other ideas

• Incentivize people to sign up by getting them to enter energy use first, show them how they stack up, then sign up to get more
• Tips for reducing energy consumption via habits, hardware store deals, etc
• Choose/recommend a buddy or join a team

Technologies

• Rails (4.2.5)
• Ruby (2.2.3)
• Postgres
• Foundation

Potential Data Sources

• Devpost dataset (the devpost itself is here)
• assessors’ building data
• Building Performance Database from Berkeley Lab
• Cambridge Open Data