Two startups with tools that can unleash the hidden data within buildings have teamed up around real time energy data. Lucid Design Group, which installs energy dashboards and wireless sensor systems for buildings, has integrated its customers' real time energy data into Honest Building's site that aggregates data about the energy use and green characteristics of buildings.
Essentially, the bulk of Lucid Design Group's building customers (2,000 of 'em) -- like Brown University, Turner Construction and the city of Bloomington, Indiana -- will be displaying their real time energy data on Honest Building's site.
Business model and partnership based on the importance of transparency in improving energy efficiency. What are your thoughts? Will people be able to digest and act upon publicly available real time data?
