NREL OpenPATH 1.7.4
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Publisher Description
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Open Platform for Agile Trip Heuristics (NREL OpenPATH) enables people to track their travel modes—car, bus, bike, walking, etc.—and measure their associated energy use and carbon footprint.
The app empowers communities to understand their travel mode choices and patterns, experiment with options to make them more sustainable, and evaluate the results. Such results can inform effective transportation policy and planning and be used to build more sustainable and accessible cities.
NREL OpenPATH informs individual users about the impact of their choices, and also makes aggregated, community-level data on mode shares, trip frequencies, and carbon footprints available via a public dashboard.
NREL OpenPATH incorporates continuous data collection and analysis via a smart phone app backed by a server and automated data processing. Its open nature enables transparent data collection and analysis, while allowing it to be configured for individual programs or studies.
On first install, the app does not collect or transmit data. Once you click the link or scan the QR code to join a given study or program, you will be asked to consent to data collection and storage before the app begins functioning. If you are not part of a partner community or program but are simply interested in quantifying your individual carbon footprint, you can join the NREL-run open-access study. In the aggregate, your data might be used as the control for experiments run by our partners.
At its core, the app represents an automatically sensed travel diary, constructed from background sensed location and accelerometer data. You can annotate the diary with semantic labels as requested by a given program administrator or researcher.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Therefore, the app automatically turns off the GPS if you are not moving. This significantly reduces the battery drain caused by location tracking. The app results in ~ 5% battery drain for up to 3 hours of travel per day.
Apr 16, 2024
Version 1.7.4
- Experimental support for using BLE to map vehicles to trips in fleet deployments
About NREL OpenPATH
NREL OpenPATH is a free app for iOS published in the Health & Nutrition list of apps, part of Home & Hobby.
The company that develops NREL OpenPATH is National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The latest version released by its developer is 1.7.4.
To install NREL OpenPATH on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2024-04-16 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the NREL OpenPATH as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install NREL OpenPATH on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the NREL OpenPATH is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After NREL OpenPATH is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
