Overview

Overview

Overview

Details

Details

Details

Year: 2023

Project: EnergyPro

Company: Open Access Energy

Role: Senior Product designer

Industry: Software for renewable energy

Activities

Activities

Activities

Brand

Product Management

User Journeys

UX

UI

Wireflows

Design Systems

Design Lead

Context

Context

Context

Open Access Energy is building the future of energy data infrastructure to unlock the private energy market's full potential. When Oriole joined, the company was developing two platforms: an automated billing solution for municipalities and EnergyPro, which matches renewable power generation with consumer demand.


The Problem

The Problem

The Problem

The wheeling and distribution of energy is complex. To scale distribution, ensure accuracy, and automate transactions, robust data infrastructure and management software are essential. Key challenges include:

  • Accessing smart meter data for generation and consumption

  • Matching generation and load profiles

  • Optimizing and allocating production against point-of-delivery accounts

  • Using historical data for projections and purchase power agreements

  • Accurately calculating bills for private generators and consumers

The Solution

The Solution

The Solution

EnergyPro simplifies private energy wheeling by addressing key challenges in energy distribution. It provides seamless access to smart meter data, matches generation with consumption, optimizes energy allocation, enables data-driven projections, and ensures accurate billing for all stakeholders.

Consolidate all your energy needs with EnergyPro’s comprehensive suite of solutions.

  • Scale your energy proposals,

  • Manage Purchase Power Agreements (PPA),

  • Automate energy transactions, and -

  • Streamline billing and reconciliation processes. With EnergyPro, ensure accuracy, efficiency, and optimization throughout your energy operations.

Features

Features

Features

Key features of the EnergyPro project

Proposal Management Wizard
Proposal Management Wizard

A guided, step-by-step wizard streamlines proposal creation by automating data input, matching generation with consumption, and leveraging data-driven insights for enhanced accuracy and efficiency

A guided, step-by-step wizard streamlines proposal creation by automating data input, matching generation with consumption, and leveraging data-driven insights for enhanced accuracy and efficiency

Dashboard Design
User-Friendly Information Architecture
User-Friendly Information Architecture

The EnergyPro dashboard offered a unified interface with real-time insights on transactions, proposals, PPAs, and billing, allowing users to efficiently monitor and manage energy operations.

An intuitive layout with a centralised dashboard, modular navigation, data visualisations, and contextual guidance makes it easy for users to access, understand, and manage energy data seamlessly.

An intuitive layout with a centralised dashboard, modular navigation, data visualisations, and contextual guidance makes it easy for users to access, understand, and manage energy data seamlessly.

User-Friendly Information Architecture
Dashboard Design

An intuitive layout with a centralised dashboard, modular navigation, data visualisations, and contextual guidance makes it easy for users to access, understand, and manage energy data seamlessly.

The EnergyPro dashboard offered a unified interface with real-time insights on transactions, proposals, PPAs, and billing, allowing users to efficiently monitor and manage energy operations.

Dashboard Design

The EnergyPro dashboard offered a unified interface with real-time insights on transactions, proposals, PPAs, and billing, allowing users to efficiently monitor and manage energy operations.

Scalable Design System
Scalable Design System

From a product design perspective, scaling EnergyPro’s design system focused on reusable components, scalable design tokens, accessibility, and clear documentation. Continuous iteration ensured it evolved with the product.

From a product design perspective, scaling EnergyPro’s design system focused on reusable components, scalable design tokens, accessibility, and clear documentation. Continuous iteration ensured it evolved with the product.

Adapting to the ever-changing landscape of product-market fit requires constant navigation of emerging areas while recognising when certain features or aspects become redundant.

Flexibility and responsiveness are crucial in this dynamic environment, ensuring startups stay aligned with market demands and maintain relevance

Adapting to the ever-changing landscape of product-market fit requires constant navigation of emerging areas while recognising when certain features or aspects become redundant.

Flexibility and responsiveness are crucial in this dynamic environment, ensuring startups stay aligned with market demands and maintain relevance

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Approach

Approach

Approach

A holistic approach to the Open Access Energy project, from data automation and workflow optimization to proposal creation and user testing, ensuring efficient, accurate, and user-centered solutions

Culture

Embracing a startup culture, we prioritized collaboration, agility, and rapid iteration, fostering an environment that quickly adapted to shifting priorities and user needs, enabling us to deliver impactful solutions with flexibility and continuous improvement.

Tools

Figma, Slack, Notion,

Linear

Figma, Slack, Notion,

Linear

Rituals

Daily standups

Retro's

Design reviews

Daily standups

Retro's

Design reviews

Discovery
Business Requirement Workshops

Business workshops focus on planning and running sessions to gather insights on useful features, prioritise them, and understand the broader business ecosystem and business strategy.

Business workshops focus on planning and running sessions to gather insights on useful features, prioritise them, and understand the broader business ecosystem and business strategy.

Product Workshops

To understand product goals, conducting a UX audit and analysis of existing products, and planning product features for UX design.

To understand product goals, conducting a UX audit and analysis of existing products, and planning product features for UX design.

Customer & User Interviews

Customer and user workshops or interviews to understand clients' needs and gather insights for shaping the product.

Customer and user workshops or interviews to understand clients' needs and gather insights for shaping the product.

Design
Information Architecture

Defining the heirachy of information based on the key components of the application and the product strategy Blueprints for navigation and sections of the application

Defining the heirachy of information based on the key components of the application and the product strategy Blueprints for navigation and sections of the application

Wireflows & Wireframes

Creating higher fidelity flows and wireframes, aligning teams, and designed components based on user scenarios and goals.

Creating higher fidelity flows and wireframes, aligning teams, and designed components based on user scenarios and goals.

Prototyping

Building prototypes to show to investors and to get feedback from customers and users

Design Systems

Developing design systems to ensure consistency, scalability, and a cohesive user experience across all platforms.

Developing design systems to ensure consistency, scalability, and a cohesive user experience across all platforms.

UI

Designed intuitive UI elements and new components that enhance user experience, ensure seamless interactions and consistency.

Designed intuitive UI elements and new components that enhance user experience, ensure seamless interactions and consistency.

Artefacts

Artefacts

Artefacts

During this project, there were various artefacts developed, including research findings, usability testing reports, journey maps, wireframes, and design specifications. Additionally, facilitated in-person workshops to align stakeholders, uncover insights, and refine the design approach - capturing insights from discovery, problem-solving, and design to guide an optimal user experience.


Business ecosystem mapping


Interview planning


White board workshops


Wireframes


Wireframes


Wireframes