This is where real-time energy systems come alive — through sensors, dashboards, overlay maps, digital twins, and a new kind of engineering conversation.
EnergyLab is a growing platform that blends hands-on hardware with cloud-connected time-series dashboards — not driven by drag-and-drop builders, but by clarity of thought and plain-language design.
What You’ll Find Here
- Real-time overlays.
- Live solar and heating system data.
- Sub-second MQTT streams and InfluxDB visualizations.
- Modular “sandboxes” running as self-contained labs.
- Digital Twin simulators integrated with live weather data.
Each sandbox is its own experiment — collecting data, running live calculations, and publishing directly to the site using WordPress and a custom sync layer.
Featured Sandboxes (Now Live)
🔁 Sandbox 1 – Auto-refresh overlay and local sensor input
📊 Sandbox 3 – Interactive chart + JSON overlay of outdoor air temps
🔆 Sandbox 5 – PV Efficiency + Solar system status and trends
🔥 Sandbox 6 – 3-zone boiler with burner IR, overlay temps, and projected energy costs
🛰️ Sandbox 8 – Internet-based GOES X-ray flux + solar monitoring (Cloud+LAN Hybrid)
🌎 Sandbox 10 – Digital Twin WSHP Simulator – Real-time Water Source Heat Pump simulation with dynamic building loop, geothermal field response, and live weather integration
Each one is powered by a centralized EnergyLab Hub — built to push data from local InfluxDB to both LAN and cloud WordPress instances.
How This Was Built
There are no wireframes. No low-code dashboards. No CMS builders.
Everything here — from data relays and overlay metrics to multi-tab plugin displays and digital twin simulators — was created using an emerging method we call:
Instead of writing code line by line, we simply described what we wanted:
- “Can we push this data to WP Engine every 60 seconds?”
- “Can the overlay calculate PV efficiency?”
- “Can the trends chart show NYC-local time?”
- “Can we flag service status with LEDs?”
- “Can we simulate a geothermal WSHP with live weather input?”
These questions became services, scripts, digital twins, and visualizations — co-developed with a collaborative AI interface.
Explore the System
🧭 EnergyLab Hub – Real-time status dashboard on .213
📡 MQTT Feeds – Sub-second sensors, IR temps, burner states
📂 Archive – Boilers, solar logs, EcoFlow power stations
📘 Articles – From overlay maps to control systems
🧠 April 2025: From Keyboard to Control Center: Building a New Kind of Lab with ChatGPT
Questions or Ideas?
📬 Edward H. Brzezowski – Email | LinkedIn
📍 Updated: April 26, 2025