# 1st Iteration User Stories

#### Links
* Interviews: https://hackmd.io/liMPXzhIQ9ynjlDaUr_grw?view
* Interview Summary: https://hackmd.io/dtJS4G0cSC6clQdwR7lCWA?view

### Partners
- [x] FH Burgenland - confirmed
- [x] KELAG - confirmed
- [x] Salzburg Research - confirmed
- [x] 4ward Energy - confirmed
- [x] Salzburg AG - confirmed
- [x] Salzburg Netz - confirmed
- [x] TU Wien - confirmed
- [x] Nexyo - confirmed
- [x] Energy Services - confirmed
- [x] Alexander Steger - confirmed
- [x] Onlim - confirmed
- [x] Campus02 - confirmed
- [x] Advoodle - confirmed
- [x] OwnYourData - confirmed
- [x] Scheiber Solutions - confirmed

## FH Burgenland - confirmed

As a research institution, I would like access to the data on energy generated and consumed in an energy community and associated power grid data in order to better assess the importance of energy communities in a national (and regional) energy concept and to develop concrete recommendations for grid expansion.

As a research institution, I would like to investigate the use of data spaces for the energy transition in order to identify and harness possible effects from cross-stakeholder data use.

As a research institution, I would like to set up energy monitoring for the Burgenland state holding in order to be able to provide all participating institutions with comparative values and recommendations for optimizing energy consumption, energy production and energy management.

## KELAG - confirmed

As an energy supplier, we want to process individual customer data in order to ensure better planning and the creation of incentives for more efficient distribution of our resources.

As an energy supplier, we want to increase the planning granularity for individual consumers, taking individual behavior into account, in order to enable a more precise forecast of energy requirements and thus ensure an optimized energy supply with the highest possible flexibility.

As an energy supplier, we want to know the infrastructure available to end customers and, if possible, use it to offer tailor-made offers and flexible social and ecological tariff models.

## Salzburg Research - confirmed

As a research institution, we want to evaluate and implement AI algorithms for the energy transition in order to increase the efficiency and sustainability of energy production, distribution and use.

As a research institution, we want to use AI algorithms to better predict network utilization in defined areas (e.g. Gastein Valley) so that local energy communities can share electricity in a way that benefits the network, the reliability of the electricity network is improved and the need for expansion is reduced.

## 4ward Energy - confirmed

As a research company, we would like to demonstrate access to all energy consumption and production data (anonymized for households and companies divided into electricity, gas, heat, etc.) in high technical (down to individual units) and synchronised temporal resolution (15 minutes to hourly) including demographic and geographical (community level) information in order to be able to carry out various studies (feasibility of energy communities, increasing energy efficiency, energy spatial planning, etc.) in a well-founded manner.

## Salzburg AG - confirmed

As an energy supplier, we want to develop a better understanding of current technological developments in order to integrate innovative solutions into our offering, increase efficiency and minimize the ecological footprint.

As an energy supplier, we strive for closer cooperation with network operators regarding data exchange (within the legal framework) to ensure a more stable, efficient and sustainable energy supply.

As an energy supplier, we want to expand the area of predictive maintenance with more and better data in order to increase the reliability and service life of our systems.

## Salzburg Netz - confirmed

As a network operator, we would like to link our internal data with external data sources in order to improve short- and long-term network planning.

As a network operator, we want to optimise the energy flow between producers and consumers in order to increase our efficiency and minimise the ecological footprint.

## Scheiber Solutions - confirmed

As a technology provider, we would like to contribute our know-how in the area of prediction when implementing use cases in order to provide users (i.e. participants in energy communities) with prediction models.

As a technology provider, we want to bring our power consumption disaggregation expertise with AI to identify and analyze device-level energy consumption in real time.

## Onlim - confirmed

As a technology provider, I would like to develop an AI-supported chatbot for ESG reporting data collection so that it easier for users to connect different data sources.

As a technology provider, I would like to use knowledge graphs and semantic technologies to describe data models in order to automatically recognise data content and combine different data sources.

## TU Wien - confirmed

As a university, we would like to create a software architecture that enables the implementation of various use cases in the course of the energy transition and links various technologies based on identified qualitative and quantitative requirements.

As a university, we want to ensure that when creating the software architecture, particular emphasis is placed on the aspects of verifiability, privacy and security of the data exchanged. We would like to use appropriate methods from software architecture to meaningfully weigh these requirements against the other architectural requirements.

As a university, we would like to use our know-how in the area of cross-company processes to analyze whether process automation can be used based on the identified use cases. Especially in more complex use cases that involve many actors and process steps, we would like to evaluate the usability of methods and technologies from this area and, if necessary, integrate them into the overall architecture. We would also like to derive the resulting new requirements for the data space.

## Nexyo - confirmed

As a technology provider, by leveraging Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) standards, we want to offer a solution so that participants in the USEFLEDS project have unique, verifiable identities to ensure clarity in data exchange and enhance trust among organisations sharing energy data.

As a technology provider, using metadata catalogues and the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) for data rights management, we provide participants of the project with software that enables them to easily discover energy data in dedicated data spaces, supporting the creation of cross-sectoral services for the energy transition.

As a technology provider, utilising the EDC Connector, we ensure efficient connection of diverse data sources to our software for various stakeholders, promoting the exchange of renewable energy data.

As a technology provider, implementing ODRL standards within a decentralised framework, we aim to help energy data providers establish clear data policies and contracts in our software, aligning with governance and sustainability objectives.

As a technology provider, we provide software for energy data providers to oversee the frequency of their data being contracted and transferred, ensuring transparency and governance.

As a technology provider, leveraging intuitive user interfaces and simplified interaction designs within the nexyo DataHub, we aim to make technological solutions accessible for participants with varying technical expertise, lowering the barrier to entry and fostering broader participation in energy transition goals.

## Alex Steger - confirmed

Als Anwender möchte ich für KMUs die Datensammlung für ESG–Berichte erleichtern. Für alle Betriebe und Organisationen ist die Datensammlung für ESG Berichte sehr aufwendig und komplex. Weiters sind die unterschiedlich angewandten Standards bei der Berichtsauswahl und Reporting ein Problem für alle involvierten Stakeholder. Diese diversen Probleme will ich mit einem Softwaretool unter Nutzung eines Datenökoystems lösen um eine raschere Transformation zu einer Nachhaltigen Gesellschaft zu fördern.

## OwnYourData - confirmed

Als Technologie-Provider möchten wir bei der Identifikation und Spezifikation von Daten für die Energiewende unterstützen, um eine effizientere, nachhaltigere und intelligentere Energieinfrastruktur zu fördern.

Als Technologie-Provider möchten wir den Technologie-Stack der Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) einbringen, um die Sicherheit, Privatsphäre und Kontrolle der Nutzer/Unternehmen über ihre digitalen Identitäten zu stärken.

Als Technoloie-Provider möchten wir einen Daten Intermediär im Energiesektor etablieren, um einen sicheren, transparenten und gleichberechtigten Datenaustausch zwischen allen Akteuren der Energiebranche zu ermöglichen.

## Energy Services - confirmed

As domain experts, we offer our software solution EDM Thrill (Energy Data Management) to work on use cases for energy flow optimization. Using our software solution, we can integrate a wide variety of data sources and make them available to the relevant market participants using standardized processes. Together with our customer E-Werk Franz, we would like to make data available here in order to open up new areas of application. Due to the changing electricity market and the new players, who also bring with them new processes, we can use the use cases to prepare our software and make our know-how on energy data exchange (eda.at) available. In order to further develop use cases based on the data models currently used and legal framework conditions and to prepare new areas of application.

## Advoodle - confirmed

As domain experts, we would like to contribute our technical and legal expertise to ensure that all aspects of the project, such as data governance, data protection regulations and other legal regulations, are precisely addressed and support the establishment of technical and organizational structures.

## Campus02 - confirmed

As domain experts, we moderate the co-creation process in USEFLEDS to create an inclusive and collaborative environment that promotes the exchange of expertise and experiences between project members.

As scientific project partners, we continually evaluate the co-creation process and the resulting results in order to ensure a targeted, systematic-methodical and optimizing approach.