Living Labs Methodology

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EXPERIENCES The main expectation with this project was that our solution would go to market direct after closing the project. We also expected to learn something from working with partners from different countries and getting to know other markets. Furthermore, we also expected to learn more about AMS. “Expectations were at least partially fulfilled and we have learned more about what questions to ask and what to expect from different parties and what they can deliver or not. How to manage such a complex process is valuable learning for us. Whether we have a product or not that goes to market we need to test the product more. We will include and extend the project to be able to test power control with users.”

“There are few things that were new to us in the ENEGA project. ENEGA is for example the first side-product that we produce from MainManager, which has no direct value for our current customers. It is also designed for kids and as an educational solution, which is also a new experience for us. It did take some effort to think outside of our standard MainManager webpage layout and the pilots and feedback from users was essential in doing so to simplify the ENEGA web-page.” We have found that it is important that the local Living Lab and the local project are working in close collaboration.

During the project there was problems with technical parts such as the power meters and that they do not work as expected from the vendor. The power meter did not always AMS WiFi – Smart People

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