We are looking for families in the area of Helsinki (Finland) or Catania (Italy) willing to participate in trials of the BeAware project, a European research project concerned with the monitoring of household energy consumption. Energy consumption data will be gathered, processed and displayed using appropriate devices that will be supplied to the participants for the duration of the trial.
Data on the energy consumption of their own homes and individual devices will be accessible via web pages or third-generation mobile only to the participants and in protected mode. If you wish to participate …

BeAware will be present at the high level event ICT4EE in Brussels February 23-24. The Commission has recognized that ICTs and ICT-based innovations may provide one of the potentially most cost-effective means to achieve the 2020 targets. For that reason they aim at creating a policy framework that will allow the energy-saving potential of ICTs to be widely recognized and exploited and this will be discussed at this event. The project team of BeAware will show their first working prototype called Energy Life. The visitors in BeAware’s booth can also …

The BeAware partners meet in Brussels for fine tuning the first user test of the prototype Energy Life. The prototype will be tested in four Italian and four Finnish households, starting in March.

Giulio Jacucci, coordinator of BeAware, presented the BeAware project at the conference ICT for Sustainable Homes, November 16-17, in Nice.
The conference is a research and industry forum on how ICT can be used in buildings to reduce the energy consumption. Many projects, both research and industry initiatives, presented their solutions on this issue. One conclusion from the conference is that to be able to reach the necessary climate goals that EU has put up a transformation is critical. We already have the needed technology for this process but the market …

Luciano Gamberini and Anna Spagnolli have been invited to participate to the Delivering Energy Savings through Smart Metering workshop, to be held in Oxford (UK) next 26-27 October 2009.

BeAware is attending SenterNovem, the first European conference on energy efficiancy and behaviour, in Maastricht October 18-20, 2009.

Interactive Institute showed BeAware’s solution Energy Life in Ericsson’s booth at the conference Metering Europe, October 6-8 in Barcelona. EU has decided that all member states must adjust to the smart metering system by 2020. Ericsson is one of several companies that are interested in being a total provider of smart metering since they already have the knowledge about communication needed. They wanted to show their potential customers what the latest technique can deliver to the user’s, and Energy Life was suitable for this purpose.

Interactive Institute presented BeAware at the national research arena, arranged by Elforsk and Swedish Energy Agency, August 26-27 in Sweden. The conference gathered 50 delegates from institutes, universities and energy companies to listen to the latest research results within energy usage today and in the future.

BeAware shows a mobile implementation of a Web 3D Carousel with Touch Input at the MobileHCI 2009. It will be presented at the demonstrations and experiences session September 15-18th, 2009 at the University of Bonn.

Workshop at Pervasive 2010
17th  of May 2010
Call for Position Papers
Energy conservation is a growing area of interest for pervasive computing. Recently the problem of conserving energy through involvement of consumers has become topical. The multidisciplinary challenges for pervasive applications are numerous, including pervasive sensing of energy consumption, energy efficient infrastructures for sensing energy and users, and designing engaging applications that do not disrupt but support everyday activities.
This workshop follows a number of previous workshops on sustainability as a general theme at Ubicomp and Pervasive conferences. This is the first workshop …

BeAware partners will meet in Helsinki June 3-5 2009.

April 17-19, you have a chance to get more information about the BeAware project by visiting Interactive Institute’s stand at the home owners fair “Gör ditt boende bättre” in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
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The two days at ICT4EE – Charlemagne building in Brussels, 19th and 20th March 2009, was very well organized. This high-level event on Information and Communication Technologies for Energy Efficiency in Brussels brought together many of the interesting projects within FP7 for exhibition and had several seminars in the subject.
BeAware’s stand showcased a virtual kitchen. By putting on virtual appliances, the visitor could see how this updates information in the ambient and mobile interface. From BeAware’s viewpoint it was of great interest to discuss with the other projects to find …

BeAware at home owners fair in Eskilstuna called: Gör ditt boende bättre

BeAware exhibited at ICT4EE, Brussels, March 19-20