UCL launches live energy data platform

Each year, it costs around £14 million and produces over 60,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide to power UCL's estate and operations. And to manage this impact, we must be able to map and measure it.

We think transparency about our progress (and the challenges we face) is important. So we've launched CarbonCulture, a new online platform that allows access to live and historical energy data for most of UCL's buildings.

This data is open to all. You could use it in your research; to measure the effect of interventions to save energy; or explore new ways to represent data using the platform's easily-accessible API.

Use UCL's data for your research

Interested in behaviour change, energy systems or the built environment? CarbonCulture allows easy access to data UCL's energy data. You can view or download data directly from it. 

Design your own projects and interventions

CarbonCulture takes live data on UCL's energy use and helps make sense of it. But it doesn't have to end there. There are a huge number of different ways this energy data could be brought to life; through displays, apps, web plugins or visualisations. CarbonCulture has an accessible API that you could use to drive your own interventions and projects. Contact us if you'd like to explore using this API for your own projects. 

Engage your department or building

We can provide custom widgets for your departmental website that display your faculty or building's energy usage. Contact us if you'd like more information about how to do this.

If you have display screens in your building, you could explore showing CarbonCulture on these.

• View UCL's live energy use
• Read a guidance note about this data

Please note: problems with energy meters occasionally occur. If you spot a mistake or error on CarbonCulture, report this through the platform or contact the Sustainability Team.