Democratizing open energy data for public discourse using visualization

Søren Knudsen, Jo Vermeulen, Doris Kosminsky, Jagoda Walny, Mieka West, Christian Frisson, Bon Adriel Aseniero, Lindsay Mac Donald Vermeulen, Charles Perin, Lien Quach, Peter Buk, Katrina Tabuli, Shreya Chopra, Wesley Willett, Sheelagh Carpendale

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Abstract

For this demo, we will show two interactive visualizations: Energy Futures and Pipeline Incidents. We designed and developed these visualizations as part of an open data initiative that aims to create interactive data visualizations to help make Canada's energy data publicly accessible, transparent, and understandable. This work was conducted in collaboration with the National Energy Board of Canada (NEB) and a visualization software development company, VizworX.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI EA '18: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publication date20 Apr 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2018
Externally publishedYes
SeriesConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Keywords

  • Citizen engagement
  • Data democratization
  • Data visualization
  • Information visualization
  • Open data

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