Greenview

Dr. Richard Bull & Prof. Martin Rieser

March 7th, 2011

DE MONFORT UNIVERSITYWorld-class university situated in Leicester, with more than 18,000 students and 3,000 staff, five faculties offering around 400 courses and an annual turnover in the region: £132.5 million

INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTLeading research institute conducting innovative and groundbreaking research into renewable energy, sustainable development and public engagement

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

The Institute Of Creative Technologies (IOCT) is a unique research environment which sits at the intersection of science and technology, the arts and the humanities.

TRANSPARENCY

The principle idea is to reveal the level of energy variations in near real time in precise university building locations using augmented reality tools on common smartphones.

EMPEDIA AND AUGMENTED REALITY

The Empedia (www.empedia.info) platform has been developed under a KTP agreementbetween De Montfort and Cuttlefish Multimedia for iphone and Android platformsIt will be enhanced with an Augmented reality browser for Greenview applications

Aim: To design a leading edge smart phone and web based application enabling building users to understand the energy consumption of the buildings across DMU.

Objectives:• To design, implement and launch a campus wide ICT tool connecting building

users to the energy consumption of buildings and the ICT infrastructure. • To help the extent building users impact the performance of the environment

they are in.• To further understand the potential of augmented reality tools to engage

individuals in behaviour change initiatives.