The Energy Aware House

The Energy Aware House displays four future scenarios of how consumers can save energy and contribute to the salvation of the planet. We will demonstrate climate-friendly technologies that respond to the energy-consuming challenges of our daily lives. You will get the chance to gain insight into the future possibilities, and to try the Bright Green Energy Planner and learn how you can save on energy.

The Energy Aware House

In our ‘The Energy Aware House’ exhibit, there are four different scenarios, all of which illustrate how the use of technology can save energy without compromising on comfort - and through this we can all help save the climate.

Light Control:

The "Light Control" tube visualizes how the use of light control and light automation in your home can save energy. The tube shows how your home can automatically adjust to the incoming light and dim your lighting in strong daylight. By controlling the incoming light, you will experience how this affects the light sources in the household such as in the living room, bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. Additionally, LEDs in the tube illustrate the energy saved. You will see what you as a consumer can save energy and get a feel for how much it will mean for the environment if we all saved that amount of energy.

Visualizing Energy

In the tube "Visualizing Energy" you can visually see your energy consumption. Many products in your home can be controlled though automation, but not all. Therefore, your behavior as a consumer is very important in correlation to minimizing the use of energy. When visualizing your current consumption, you will automatically be more observant and acquire a more appropriate behavior.

The tube allows you to interact with energy-consuming products. When activated, they will visualise your energy use in the form of graphics, sound and light and thus offer alternatives to traditional electricity meter display.

Moving Energy:
 

In the tube "Moving Energy" you will experience how you can save energy with the help of sensors in your home and what this will mean for society. By actively dealing with the incoming energy from the sun or actively protecting yourself from extraneous cold, your energy consumption can be positively impacted. In the tube you can turn up the heat and experience how the sensors activate relevant systems at the right time. You will see how a sensor from a light source will affect the heat, which again will cause the heat to be turned down, and thus the energy continues to affect the circuit.

Moving Energy also emphasizes a phenomenon that we will see more of in the future: energy moving between

different rooms.

Open Window

The tube "Open Window" will give you an experience of how technology can help you turn off the heater when you air out the house. You will see how much energy you can save by turning off the heater when you open your window. You will also get an idea of what it will mean for the energy consumption if everyone in Denmark turned off the heater when they open the window.

Bright Green Energy Planner

Bright Green Energy Planner is a tool that helps you plan your energy consumption in the smartest possible way. You select products from your home and indicate when you want them to be ready. Bright Green Energy Planner will then show you when the best energy is available, i.e. the most renewable energy resources. Thus the Bright Green Energy Planner shows you when the energy use is best for the environment and best for you and your wallet.