OPUSH Energy transition Workshop at the Citizen Science Day

The OPUSH Delft team participated in the Citizen Science Day 2024 in the 6^th of April 2024 in Vienna, Austria with a workshop on Energy Transition in the context of ECSA conference 2024 (European Citizen Science Association). The workshop made use of thermal camera’s that track the infrared spectrum and which participants could use to track any deficiencies of energy usage in the building around them. The building in question was the Natuurhistorisched Museum of Vienna, built in the late 19^th century. A monument in itself, the building offered the opportunity to confirm that participants can track on their own specific energy issues in monument buildings, that fits into the Energy Transition for Monument Houses Citizen Science pilot that OPUSH Delft is developing. Following that concept, equipment can be distributed to citizens to track on their own the energy efficiency of their home, identify heat leaks, and visualize on their own terms new problems such as excessive energy usage from light fixtures. Beyond the workshop concept and methodology in itself, the participants were also keen to explain and discuss their observations and experience through this activity, but also connections to challenges of energy transition from their environment. In addition, the issue of technological and digital competence that could be an obstacle in an equipment-based CS pilot, was well-received by the participants.