Juul

Juul is a system that supports adults in gaining control over and managing their personal energy consumption.

Long description

Currently, the world is dealing with an energy transition due to many political, economical en climate issues. This transition entails a switch from mass consumption of fossil fuels towards the consumption of sustainable energy sources instead. In order to create this transition, a mentality change needs to happen within our society.

Juul is designed to trigger unaware energy users in making the first steps in the battle towards a 100% sustainable society in 2050. Juul takes you on an expedition through your own house. By putting Juul between a socket and the cable of your device, she will provide a rich insight into the energy consumption of the device on location. By collecting your energy consumers, Juul will construct your personal energy profile and will guide you in becoming more sustainable.

Juul is a concept that was created during the final master project of Charlotte van der Sommen, at the faculty of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Since Charlotte van der Sommen was already part of a startup (Bit of Energy), that focuses on designing for the energy transition. Juul is now a part of Bit of Energy.

Currently, there is a collaboration with Enexis and Hanzehogeschool Groningen, and Juul is in the middle of a redesign, in order to be tested with a bigger audience.