Dr Jason Hamer (dARTa) presented on The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) data-driven journey to become a sustainable campus. While the focus was on UWA’s internal and external sustainability dashboards, Jason also showcased the backend architecture that makes them possible, provided some amazing Power BI tips and tricks and shared his story and journey towards working with Power BI for the environmental industry..
Read MoreIn this two-part session, we firstly had Peter Schmidt (Maptaskr) presenting on Maptaskr for Geospatial Intelligence, where he demonstrated Maptaskr’s mapping & geo-productivity solution for the Microsoft BizApps platform showcasing how it streamlines business processes, drives operational intelligence and complements Power BI analytics. Next up we had Alice Drummond (DiscoverEI) deep-dive into the world of the ArcGIS mapping visual for Power BI, explaining her tips, tricks and limitations based on real-world experiences with trying to implement the visual in Power BI reports.
Read MoreDredging projects are critical to maintaining or establishing navigational access to ports, waterways and maritime infrastructure. Engagement and reporting to various internal and external stakeholders are required for these unique projects. Dredging project data collection and reporting can be timely and cumbersome. This ‘one stop shop’ Power BI reporting dashboard is used to track and communicate results from dredging projects. The session focused on a range of tech, including: Logic Apps; Azure Functions and SQL; SharePoint Excel files and Power BI aka the hero tool!.
Read MoreSpoil management is an integral part of any construction project. West Gate Tunnel Project provided an opportunity to develop centralised data management system and hence near real-time reporting solution to monitor movement of spoil from one site to another. This Power BI for Enviro’s presentation focused on the Operational Power BI reporting solution for the construction industry emphasizing:
How key business problems can be solved through reporting.
How key stakeholders can make informed decisions to run successful operations.
How time and money can be saved when information is available at hand.
In this digital world where technology is continuing to revolutionize the way we do business, going paperless is becoming more and more common. In his time working as a waste auditor, Simon has learnt from the 'traditional' methods of waste reporting, which often lacks transparency and can be difficult to audit & verify. This led to the creation of Traste, a digital app solution to track waste transparently, bringing waste processing facilities into the 21st century. In this session Simon introduced Traste's waste collection app and the workflow which feeds into a Power BI report. From here the Power BI reports are exported to PDF as this is the preferred method of reviewing the data by the client.
Read MoreAfter a 6-month break we were excited for our June 2023 session return for Power BI 4 Enviro's. This was a joint presentation between DiscoverEI and Alluvium, who supported South East Water (SEW), in developing a Power BI Environmental Sensitivity Mapping (ESM) report, to help SEW identify key sensitivities of both environmental and public health across their region, to help inform risk assessments and incident response.
Read MoreFor our December 2022 session, we were lucky to have Matt Allington (Microsoft MVP Data Platform - Sydney, Australia) joining us again to share his Power BI report presenting streamflow data from the most recent October floods that impacted much of Australia. Matt has been posting daily updates about impacts to the Big Bend region through his YouTube channel, which you can keep up-to-date with on his YouTube channel (Excelerator BI YouTube)
Our thoughts remain with anyone that has been or is being impacted by these devastating floods, especially those within our meetup community❤️ !
Read MoreFor our November 2022 session, it was all about DAX, and more specifically DAX for Enviro's using environmental dataset examples. Alice ran through some common DAX patterns for a range of environmental applications such as, and then Greg Nash and Sam Fischer supported a robust Q&A on DAX.
Read MoreFor our October 2022 session, we had Michael Crothers from Wannon Water presenting on the Data Analysis & Reporting Scope Considerations Framework he has been developing for Power BI report creators. Michael shared elements of the framework, how it is being applied along with Power BI examples.
Read MoreFor our September 2022 session, we were excited to have Dr. Petina Pert from CSIRO, presenting alongside Alice Drummond and Daniel Marsh-Patrick from DiscoverEI on the Great Barrier Reef SELTMP Power BI Dashboards: https://research.csiro.au/seltmp/explore-dashboards-here/
Read MoreFor our August 2022 session, we had the pleasure of having Belinda Walters (Communications Lead - Greater Melbourne Urban Water & System Strategy) and DiscoverEI’s very own Alice Drummond (co-founder DiscoverEI) present on the Water for Life strategy Power BI report: https://waterforlifestrategy.com.au/
Read MoreFor our July 2022 session, we had the pleasure of having Will Thompson (Microsoft Power BI Program Manager) present on the recent demo Power BI report from the Gartner Bake-Off Summit. You can also see Will's demo at the Gartner Bake-Off summit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGjJ-dY01NA
Read MoreFor our June 2022 session Shannon Lindsay shared a recent Workout Wednesday challenge, where we created a custom theme in Power BI, in an effort to build a report exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This session covered the creation of a custom theme, the use of images and icons, and tips and tricks to customize your Power BI reports.
Read MoreFor our April 2022 Power BI 4 Enviro’s session, we had Matt Allington (Australian Microsoft MVP) presenting on his rainwater tank Power BI report. If you want to be good at Power BI, you must get practice. That doesn’t mean you have to practice at work. You can also get practice in at home. In this session, Matt stepped through a process of creating a Power BI report from scratch to determine what size rain water tank is needed for a new property/house.
Read MoreIn this session, Pragati took us through her Global carbon dioxide emissions public data Power BI report, and how she generated a quick report keeping in mind what insights can be derived from this data. Her version of the report for your interest is available here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-Gallery/Global-CO2-Emissions-Analysis/td-p/2313590
Read MoreIn December, we were privileged to have Brian Julius, the Chief Content Officer at Enterprise DNA and Sam McKay the CEO and Founder at Enterprise DNA present a review of the Environmental Power BI Challenge Showcase.
Enterprise DNA has been running real-world Power BI Data Challenges for the past two years, but November 2021’s challenge was the first focused on environmental data. Entrants were asked to analyse unmasked data on environmental indicators in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region dealing with precipitation, contaminant exposure, and adult and child asthma prevalence. In this session, Sam and Brian reviewed the top entries, from an analytical, visualization and data storytelling perspective, and discussed some of the unique aspects of this challenge and lessons learned compared to past competitions.
You can learn more about Enterprise DNA and the environmental challenge competition here:
- Enterprise DNA: https://enterprisedna.co/
- Challenge Showcase: https://enterprisedna.co/power-bi-showcase
In November, we were joined by Aaron Smith and Nerida Campbell from Wannon Water based out of Warrnambool in Victoria. Aaron presented on the Asset Management Power BI report, which provides an overview on the status of Wannon Water's infrastructure that is used to manage water supply and wastewater treatment across the region. Nerida presented on the Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) Power BI report, which gives Wannon Water visibility on the WRP systems, to ensure that treatment levels are meeting compliance requirements. It was a fantastic session with great engagement from across the BI and water industries, and we hope you enjoy revisiting the recording here.
Read MoreIn October, we changed it up and had a BREAKFAST session (9:00am AEDT time), where we heard from the team at Cetrel in Brazil. We heard from Felipe Oliveira, Cetrel's Business Intelligence Team Leader, where he guided us through Cetrel's Environmental Digital Twin Power BI Report, and how the team are working with their clients to visualise and communicate environmental data.
Read MoreIn September, Alice and Christian were joined by special guests: Jolyon Taylor and Catherine Couling from the Gippsland Water, Water Resources Team. Jolyon and Catherine presented on the recently released Power BI report used as a supporting tool to communicate Gippsland Water's 2022 Urban Water Strategy (UWS), which is an interactive dashboard available for the public: https://www.gippswater.com.au/uws.
We hope you enjoy the recording and learn about techniques for visualising your water data using Power BI.
Read MoreIn August, we had an entire Power Platform solution presented by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Liam Murray (Build-Apps) and Stephen Thatcher (GBCA) discussed the ideas and tech behind the Green Star Project Directory - the publicly available Power BI report which highlights Green Star projects across Australia: https://www.gbca.org.au/green-star-project-directory/.
Watch the recording and hopefully you learn something about visualising energy data. .
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