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Brightwater Energy Co-op

Where the power goes

A member dashboard that shows a community solar co-op how much power it made and where the money went.

A member dashboard that shows a community solar co-op how much power it made and where the money went.

Client

Brightwater Energy Co-op

Client

Brightwater Energy Co-op

Year

2023

Role

Product design

Services

Dashboard, design system, accessibility

Rows of solar panels above a field of pink wild flowers

Outcome

Outcome

1,400 members log in each month

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01 / The problem

01 / The problem

Members got a yearly PDF report, and every question went to one volunteer treasurer. The generation data existed, but nobody could see it.

02 / The approach

02 / The approach

We picked the six questions members ask most and designed a screen for each. Charts use patterns as well as colour, every number has a plain-English label and the whole thing works with a screen reader.

03 / The result

03 / The result

About 1,400 of the co-op’s 2,100 members log in each month, and questions to the treasurer fell by more than half.

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A monthly planner on a desk with two felt-tip pens

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