Kukui Cup Competition Design: Week II

For this second week of the design planning, we were able to meet together where we were able to brainstorm and discuss many issues. Some of the things that were were able to talk about were: which dorms would be the best suited for a dorm energy competition (Frear vs. Freshmen dorms), features of the site, different metrics for research and competition purposes, and overall design of the competition. This was very productive and I think that we were able to make important decisions which will help us to progress through the design phase.

I went through each of the websites of other school's dorm energy competition. After going through each of the pages, I realize that the goals for our website will put itself much farther than any other dorm energy competition website out there. The vast majority of sites that exist now don't have real time data, are static, give very few updates as to the progress of the competition, and don't allow for social interaction between students. They did however have events and tips for the students to increase their energy literacy.

For next week, we will create our first mockups and go through the actual design of the website and the features that should/shouldn't be included. We will incorporate what we learned by looking at the other websites to design a site which will hopefully result in the most effective was to make our dorm energy competition as successful as it can be.