The Electric Machines Database (EMDb) is an open-source database, data pipeline, and user application for technical information about electrification-focus appliances such as heat pumps, water heaters, and induction stoves.
You can visit the frontend application at https://electric-machines.vercel.app/ to see the kind of data we collect. Here's an example JSON record for a heat pump water heater:
{
"brandName": "Rheem",
"modelNumber": "PROPH40 T2 RH375-30",
"sourceUrl": "https://files.myrheem.com/webpartnerspublic/ProductDocuments/65DF1261-86D9-4756-AAAD-F403E9FF124A.pdf",
"tankCapacityGallons": 40,
"weight":{
"value": 157,
"unit": "lb"
},
"dimensions": {
"width": 20.5,
"height": 62.3125,
"length": 25.375,
"unit": "in"
},
"electricBreakerSize": 30,
"voltage": 240,
"uniformEnergyFactor": 3.83,
"firstHourRating": 60
}
This repository began as a partnership between Georgia Tech's Online Master's in Computer Science, specifically the course Computing For Good (CS 6150), and Rewiring America.
The API is not yet available for third party usage, but please reach out to [email protected] to start a conversation.
This repository contains three sub-projects. For developer documentation, visit the READMEs associated with each sub-project:
The following diagram illustrates the relationship between the sub-projects and mentions some key libraries/technologies. The left and right side are not directly related, so the data pipeline (left side) can be run offline, and then the resulting data is consumed and served by the backend and passed on to the frontend.
