Ecofactorij is a sustainable business park located in Apeldoorn. At the heart of this business park is a closed distribution system for electricity, which is completely owned by the cooperative “Parkmanagement Ecofactorij” and is unique in the Netherlands. This allows businesses to collaboratively manage energy consumption, which reduces costs and minimizes the environmental impact. A digital twin of this closed distribution system has been created, which by integrating real-time data from various sources in the park can provide us with data such as energy usage patterns, solar power generation, and battery storage efficiencies. It cannot however visualize this data at the moment. This project had the goal of creating a user-friendly, interactive web interface for the digital twin, intending to make the provided complex energy data easily understandable and actionable, even for users without a technical background.
The CS Design Project module is one of the two final modules of the Bachelor. In the design component of this module, students show that they master the entire design trajectory, from the first informal specification of requirements by a client to the delivery and presentation of a well-documented working product. Projects are submitted by clients from either inside or outside the University. Students perform the project in groups of 3-5 students under the supervision of a teacher from the Department of Computer Science. The supervisor is also the one who assesses the process and products of the group. Project deliverables include a project proposal, a design report, a presentation and a poster.
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Ecofactorij is a sustainable business park located in Apeldoorn. At the heart of this business park is a closed distribution system for electricity, which is completely owned by the cooperative “Parkmanagement Ecofactorij” and is unique in the Netherlands. This allows businesses to collaboratively manage energy consumption, which reduces costs and minimizes the environmental impact. A digital twin of this closed distribution system has been created, which by integrating real-time data from various sources in the park can provide us with data such as energy usage patterns, solar power generation, and battery storage efficiencies. It cannot however visualize this data at the moment. This project had the goal of creating a user-friendly, interactive web interface for the digital twin, intending to make the provided complex energy data easily understandable and actionable, even for users without a technical background.
The CS Design Project module is one of the two final modules of the Bachelor. In the design component of this module, students show that they master the entire design trajectory, from the first informal specification of requirements by a client to the delivery and presentation of a well-documented working product. Projects are submitted by clients from either inside or outside the University. Students perform the project in groups of 3-5 students under the supervision of a teacher from the Department of Computer Science. The supervisor is also the one who assesses the process and products of the group. Project deliverables include a project proposal, a design report, a presentation and a poster.
View the full design report for this project.