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15/20Campus Building Energy Forecaster
Forecast each building's energy use and flag waste such as cooling empty halls.
Advanced28h2–4 people16/20 fit
Build Campus Building Energy Forecaster for campus facilities teams in ~28h with 2–4 people. Stack: Python + Forecasting + ECharts.
Why it wins: Real ML with a practical savings story.
Build flow
01 · Problem
Buildings waste energy at night and on holidays and nobody notices.
02 · Solution
Train a time-series model on meter data plus weather and calendar features, flag actual use far above forecast and estimate waste.
03 · Build
- 1Load meter data
- 2Train a forecasting model
- 3Compare actual and forecast
- 4Alert on gaps
04 · Demo
Show a holiday where the forecast was low but the meter spiked.
MVP checklist
- Per-building forecast
- Waste alerts
- Holiday awareness
- Savings estimate
Tech stack
| Tech | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Backend / scripting | Backend |
| Forecasting | Time-series prediction | AI |
| ECharts | Interactive charts | UI |
Reference repos
Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.
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