In addition to testing the code that we currently have. I am investigating the possible ways of improving the simulation of the power usage in a dorm. Currently we only have weekday vs. weekend and time of day as variables in generating a power usage value. Some other information that I could incorporate to make the data more realistic are:
- day of week (Sunday, Monday, etc.)
- day of year (holidays)
- temperature (use more air conditioning when it is hot)
- energy literacy
- number of students in floor/dorm
- individual floors
- multiple dorms
So far the ones that jump out to me as being useful to put into a simulation would be the day of week, day of year, and temperature. Hopefully adding these extra variables will allow us to test the our sensors and meters will very realistic data.
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