April 2016: Energy Hackdays
- Hackathon
On 8 and 9 April 2016, the Open Energy Data Hackdays will take place in parallel at two different locations under the make.opendata.ch label. This time the Hackdays are all about the motto:
We go where the energy comes from!
Grimseltor (Innertkirchen):
The Grimseltor has room for 45 participants and is located in Innertkirchen, near the Grimsel dam.
Venue: Grimseltor, Grimselstrasse 2, 3862 Innertkirchen
Accommodation: Hotel Urweider. Single rooms, double rooms, four-bed rooms and ten-bed rooms are available. The room category can be selected when buying the ticket. The ticket price varies depending on the preferred room category.
Getting there: Via Interlaken Ost – Meiringen to the stop Innertkirchen Grimseltor
Mont Crosin
The hackathon for French-speaking Switzerland takes place at the Chalet “Vert-Bois” on Mont Crosin, near the solar farm and the largest wind power plant in Switzerland. There is room for a total of 25 participants here.
Venue: Auberge Vert-Bois (http://www.vert-bois.ch/)
Accommodation: Accommodation is available directly at the Auberge Vert-Bois (room for 14 people) as well as at the Chalet de Mont-Crosin right next door (
Take part
The Open Energy Data Hackdays are aimed at developers, visualisers, lateral thinkers, designers, journalists, energy specialists and anyone interested in energy. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
If you would like to become a partner of this event as an energy data provider, please get in touch with us via info@opendata.ch
More information about the make.opendata.ch Energy Hackdays
The Open Energy Data Hackdays are another event focused on the use of open data. Access to and use of open data encourages engagement with a topic and, on the one hand, contributes to a better shared understanding of a subject, and on the other hand often leads to the development of great applications and insightful visualisations, and raises further exciting questions:
- How can we use data to make electric mobility easier, better and smoother?
- How can we use data to heat, cool and manage our homes and workplaces more efficiently?
- How can we use data to better understand our energy system – from production and distribution to our own consumption? And can we communicate about it more clearly and better?
- How can data help to use energy more efficiently?
On 8 and 9 April, let’s use open energy data to improve our shared understanding of energy and work on solutions that can help to increase energy efficiency in Switzerland in the future.
The Open Energy Data Hackday is an initiative of IDS Datenwelten at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Hochschule Luzern) and the Swiss association Opendata.ch. SwissEnergy supports the event as a partner.
If you would also like to support the event as an energy data provider or partner, please get in touch with us via info@opendata.ch.