Virtual Energy Score for Homes
OPEN’s unique AI-driven tool meticulously models energy consumption and carbon emissions data for homes, transforming energy use data into personalized retrofit roadmap for each home. Homeowners receive tailored insights with detailed, real-world actions to be taken for maximum decarbonization impact.
Leveraging AI to Accelerate Residential Energy Efficiency at Scale
Scores and retrofit roadmaps are generated through OPEN’s unique AI-driven building and energy modelling tool. The model is trained on geographically-specific data and generates high-accuracy results in a fraction of the time as compared to the conventional energy audit.
Drive Local Policy and Program Development
By unlocking insights from thousands of homes, jurisdictions can benefit from:
- Guidance on the most effective energy conservation measures for future program development
- Visualization of energy performance distribution via an intuitive city-wide map
- Identification of valuable correlations and trends by neighborhood, housing type, and age
- Informed decision making for maximizing energy efficiency and sustainability efforts
Engage and Empower Homeowners
Educate and guide homeowners with a personalized ‘Retrofit Roadmap’ for each home that includes:
- Tailored energy savings and emissions reductions measures
- Project cost and payback estimates
- Connections with local financial and informational resources
Interested in learning more about the benefits of engaging homeowners in climate action? Check out our research report!
The market research report – “Stuck: Why home electrification is lagging in British Columbia and what must be done to break the deadlock on residential carbon retrofits” – summarizes the findings of a trio of original public-opinion studies, and points to opportunities that governments and retrofit program designers can leverage to quickly decarbonize British Columbia’s housing stock.
See the tool in action!
OPEN has partnered with the City of Saskatoon to provide the estimated energy consumption and carbon emissions for Saskatoon’s 70,000 ground-oriented homes.