Project 2A written description

For the project two I am going to design a laptop application which will offer not only to monitor energy usage in the household, but also will give clues where exactly to pay attention to save energy.  I am going to use Adobe Flash to come up with the design of the interface (because this would be the best way to get a visual prototype of the device, which will illustrate the design and scheme of its work) but for the actual application more technologies such as sensors on appliances will be required. This device is going to be designed mainly for young people and students, who are flatting so the device will not have any standard numbers bar or pie-charts, that usually bore young people and overload their brains at university. Instead the energy usage in the household will be represented by nice and friendly character – smart energy friend, who will help to find out how to save energy and which field of the house needs more attention for it. Smart energy friend will help to catch the interest of young generation and get them engaged in saving energy.  As young people tend to daily suffer from stress I used pale green color, which is famous for its calming effect. Although the interface is aimed at young people it also can be used by anyone interested in fun way of saving energy, for instance kids and their parents.