Energy Data Hackdays 2025

11–12 September 2025, 08:00 @ FHNW Campus Brugg-Windisch, Gebäude 1, Bahnhofstrasse 6, 5210 Windisch Map

Organised by Opendata.ch, Energy Data Innovation Hub (EDIH)

Photos

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Documentation and recordings

• Code der Teams auf GitLab (edhd/2025)
• Archiv der Challenges und Teams 2025

Challenges

• Modeling PV Production with Machine Learning – CKW

  Develop a machine learning model to estimate the energy production of small photovoltaic systems (<30kWp) using...

• Decoding the Sun – Swissgrid

  From solar chaos to grid control: The AI Solution. Can PV data help us ensure grid stability?

• Deciphering Energy Scenarios – ESC - Energy Science Center

  Energy scenarios play a crucial role in informing public policy and companies about potential future developments in...

• Smart Design of Resilient Local Energy Communities – BKW

  Can we empower communities to finally break the energy trilemma—maximizing renewables, increase autarky, and...

• Watt the Graph?! – Energize Data with GraphQL & Visual Magic – Akenza AG

  Tap into the power of energy meter data from the akenza platform and transform it into something electrifying! In...

• The dynamic tariff adoption challenge - What’s in it for me? – EKZ

  How can we turn dynamic tariffs into something customers want - not just understand, but actively choose because it...

• Data-Driven Expansion of a City-Wide LoRaWAN Network – SGSW - St.Galler Stadtwerke

  St. Galler Stadtwerke (sgsw) operates its own LoRaWAN network within the city of St.Gallen, using dozens of...

• Energy Community Match-Making – NCCR Automation

  Register your interest to join a LEG and find like-minded people on our platform.

• Forecast for Building management flexibility – AEW Energie

  The intelligent use of flexibility will become a key component for sustainably combining the energy transition and...

• Watts & Wallets: Visualizing Energy & Money Flows in Switzerland’s Power Market – BFE - Bundesamt für Energie

  The Swiss electricity market is a complex system where both money and energy flow through multiple actors. Based on...

• Let's take load profile data analysis to the next level – Smart Yes

  Imagine taking an existing clunky energy-data tool and turning it into a sleek, cloud-powered analytic machine....

• Predict Imbalance Price – HEIG-VD

  Building the best predictive model to estimate reliably the grid's imbalance price based on historical and...

• Predict the production of distributed PV-assets – Primeo Energie

  🌞 Your task is to predict the total solar production of thousands of hidden PV systems across Switzerland. Armed only...

Programme

Thursday, 11 September

1. 08:00–09:00
   Opening reception and registration

   Building 1

2. 09:00–09:15
   Opening speech

   Building 1

   Doris AgotaiDirektorin der Hochschule für Informatik FHNW
3. 09:15–09:40
   Welcome by the Energy Data Innovation Hub and what’s new

   Building 1

   Energy Data Innovation Hub (EDIH)
4. 09:40–11:00
   Challenge pitching by partners and group building

   Building 1

5. 11:00–12:30
   Start hacking

   Buildings 5 and 6, 3rd floor

6. 12:30–13:30
   Lunch

   Building 5

7. 13:30–19:00
   Continue hacking

   Buildings 5 and 6, 3rd floor

8. 19:00
   Dinner, then continue hacking (open end)

   Dinner at the ground-floor bar, then hacking in buildings 5 and 6 with no fixed end.

Friday, 12 September

1. 08:00–12:00
   Breakfast and individual start of hacking

   Buildings 5 and 6, 3rd floor

2. 12:00–15:30
   Lunch and continue hacking

   Buildings 5 and 6, 3rd floor

3. 15:30–16:50
   Presentation of the results by the hacking teams

   Building 1

4. 16:50–17:00
   Closing words

   Building 1

5. 17:00
   Apéro and celebration

   Building 1

Partner

Research and university partner