URBAN DATA LAB

Yes, but where do we put the front door? How a visualization of smartphone data can help architects design better buildings

Credit: Angela Rout The most common question I get asked when I tell people I use smartphone data to design better places and spaces is…“Really?…How?” Most people wonder how I use a bunch of numbers in a spreadsheet to help designers make environments that people love. When I started my PhD I wondered the same […]

Leveraging Energy Data for Sustainable Buildings

Urban Data Lab (UDL) gained data access to live-streaming building energy datasets from UBC Energy and Water Services (EWS). The data is stored in UDL’s InfluxDB instance and made available to students, researchers and operational staff at UBC as part of UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab Initiative. The SKYSPARK database on UDL’s InfluxDB instance […]

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