WHAT IS AMEE?
While sensors become more and more ubiquitous, the question of data aggregation is raised as the next step for standardization.
Should the industry go with proprietary solutions to aggregate data from different sources or with a standardized approach.
With regards to the latter, AMEE leads the march by providing a protocol and a database to store data from sensors. The protocol is simply and smartly a REST API.
WHY IS AMEE SWEET?
Not only it will allow sensors and smart meters companies to focus on their core expertise, but it will also provide a great tool for business intelligence and environmental institution to gather and analyze data from heterogenous sources such as water/electrical consumption, pollution,…
Somehow, AMEE can be deemed as the window on the smart grid.
Despite high expectations, I have some concerns about security and reliability which should be clarified and emphasized to get more traction
I recommend reading through their high-level presentation.
More specifically, have a look about how IBM uses this distributed data warehouse for a home energy monitoring project.
HOW TO USE AMEE?
AMEE is a REST API which can be accessed after signing up for a key.
The admin portal can then be accessed with the credentials sent over to your email inbox.
The admin portal will provide enough information to get started: json format that is.
All in all, I would advocate for using this tool for environmental project. Not only it will remove the burden of hosting a database to store your data but it will allow you to share your data and participate in large-scale studies.