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A couple of Seattle developers won the best overall app grand prize in the Department of Energy's Apps for Energy challenge, a competition designed around the Green Button – the open standard for sharing electricity usage data that utilities around the country are deploying.  Software developers were invited to submit web and mobile apps that will help consumers utilize Green Button data to save money by saving energy.

 

A panel of government, energy and tech judges evaluated the apps to come up with the winners that were announced Tuesday at Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, CA. Still to come is a "popular choice" award; the winner will be determined by public voting that continues through 8 p.m. on May 31. Get details here >>

And the winners are…

Take a look at the winning apps as described by the DOE below and on page 2 and then use the Talk Back comment form at the bottom of the page to tell us what you think.

 

Location: Seattle, Washington



This app is the brainchild of Seattle-based team, Timothy Edgar and Nathan Jhaver who describe themselves as “two developers with an idea.” Their app submission, Leafully, helps utility customers visualize their Green Button data as a variety of units, such as the amount of trees needed to offset an individual’s energy usage. Leafully encourages users to set energy savings goals and to share their progress on Facebook.





DC-based startup Melon describes itself as the first company to utilize Green Button data to simplify the process of obtaining an ENERGY STAR benchmark for commercial buildings. The app uses Green Button to evaluate the energy performance of commercial buildings.



 


        Location: New York, NY

Cleantech software and services company Zerofootprint’s VELObill app helps makes it easier for utility customers to view their energy usage, measure whether it is high or low, and compare it to that of their peers. With this information in hand, users can create an energy saving action plan tailored to their individual needs and preferences.



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