Renewables & Alternative Fuels Using data and APIs to empower choices

API Days Nick Muerdter

@nickblah 2014-06-13

America spends

$1 billion per day

to import oil

Oil by Patrick Trouvé from The Noun Project! Source: http://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/vehicle-technologies-office-moving-america-forward-clean-vehicles!

70% of U.S. oil demand

30% of U.S. greenhouse gases

Transportation

Sources:!http://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/vehicle-technologies-office-moving-america-forward-clean-vehicles!

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/vtp_fs.pdf!!Car by OCHA Visual Information Unit from The Noun Project !

Medical by Alex AS from The Noun Project! Dollar by addylord from The Noun Project!Earth by Johan H. W. Basberg from The Noun Project!

Strategies

Replace

Photo by Justin Pickard!https://flic.kr/p/8CUzxU!

Reduce

Photo by Vit Brunner!https://flic.kr/p/6kzmm6!

Eliminate

Photo by Thomas Hawk!https://flic.kr/p/25J17!

The Story of An API

Alternative & Renewable Fuels

Photo by Helga Weber!https://flic.kr/p/72j5yj!

Where can I fill up?

Photo by Surat Lozowick!https://flic.kr/p/7yXxnd!

Find nearby stations

Location by Sam Vermette from The Noun Project!

Find stations along a route

Route by factor[e] design initiative from The Noun Project!

Mission Accomplished!

(Well… Not quite…)

Check Box by Katie M Westbrook from The Noun Project!

Sharing Is Caring

Photo by John Flinchbaugh!https://flic.kr/p/4JY1Yr!

The API

•  Download all stations data

•  Find nearest stations

•  Find stations near a driving route

•  Find all stations within boundaries

•  Get a specific station

developer.nrel.gov

Photo by DrivingtheNortheast!https://flic.kr/p/9kgx6N!

Beyond Points…

Photo by Magnus von Koeller!https://flic.kr/p/7ivHoa!

It’s about the drivers Driving by Alexandria Eddings from The Noun Project!

API Version 2

Me working on the new API

Photo from The Library of Congress!https://flic.kr/p/4jyfKK!

Electric Charging Is Different

Photo by Kārlis Dambrāns!https://flic.kr/p/kXWZzV!

Charging Station by Nithin Davis Nanthikkara from The Noun Project! Connected car by OliM from The Noun Project!Time by Richard de Vos from The Noun Project!

Photo by Adam Melancon!https://flic.kr/p/7StppH!

Very Soon: Transportation Incentives & Laws Truck Stop Electrification Sites Soonish: Light Duty & Heavy Duty Vehicles Maybe? Cost Calculator Petroleum Reduction Planning Tool

We

Feedback Photo by Nathan Proudlove!

https://flic.kr/p/aTp8hR!

APIs: developer.nrel.gov

Everything Else: afdc.energy.gov

cleancities.energy.gov

Me: nick.muerdter@nrel.gov

@nickblah