What is Cooee?
Cooee is LEAP’s cognitive conversational agent — an intelligence layer that understands energy data, user context, and intent.
It allows users to ask natural questions like
“Why did Building MH1 spike by 7.5% last week?”
and receive analytical, context-rich explanations grounded in LEAP’s live datasets.
Energy analytics dashboards are powerful, but interpreting data still requires time, expertise, and switching between multiple tools. Cooee bridges this gap by transforming dashboards into intelligent conversational experiences — combining human reasoning with automated analysis.
Key Capabilities
- Natural language querying of energy dashboards
- Real-time contextual reasoning
- Adaptive memory and personalization
- Seamless integration within the LEAP web interface
How Cooee Works
Cooee follows a five-stage reasoning pipeline:
- Understand — Interprets user intent in context (domain, role, site, etc.)
- Retrieve — Gathers relevant data from LEAP sources and APIs
- Reason — Analyzes cause–effect relationships and performance trends
- Respond — Generates concise, human-readable insights
- Remember — Stores short-term and long-term context for personalization
Conversational Intelligence for Sustainable Energy Management
La Trobe University’s AI-powered energy analytics platform that transforms complex sustainability data into intuitive, conversational insights.
Cooee (Conversational Intelligence for Energy Efficiency) is La Trobe University’s flagship AI research project within the LEAP Energy Analytics Platform — an innovative system that enables natural language interaction with complex energy and sustainability data.
Developed by our research team, Cooee transforms traditional energy dashboards into intelligent conversational experiences, allowing users to explore sustainability metrics through natural dialogue rather than navigating complex interfaces.
Real-World Applications
Users can ask intuitive questions such as:
“What caused the energy spike in the Library Building last month?”
“How has our carbon footprint changed over the past year?”
“Which buildings are performing best for energy efficiency?”
Cooee provides contextual, data-driven responses that combine real-time analytics with historical insights, making sustainability data accessible to students, staff, and researchers across the university.
Sustainability Impact
Supporting La Trobe’s Net Zero Mission
Cooee directly supports La Trobe University’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2029 by:
- Democratizing Data Access — Making complex energy data understandable to all stakeholders
- Enabling Proactive Management — Identifying optimization opportunities through conversational analysis
- Supporting Evidence-Based Decisions — Providing contextual insights for sustainability initiatives
- Facilitating Learning — Educational tool for understanding energy systems and environmental impact
Contact Information
For more information about Cooee, please contact: cdac@latrobe.edu.au
Research Publication
Cooee: An Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Complex Energy Environments
Gamage, G., Mills, N., Rathnayaka, P., Jennings, A. & Alahakoon, D.
2022 15th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), Melbourne, Australia, 2022, pp. 1-5.
DOI: 10.1109/HSI55341.2022.9869464
Cooee represents La Trobe University’s commitment to innovative research that addresses real-world challenges. By combining advanced AI technologies with sustainability analytics, we’re creating tools that make complex environmental data accessible, understandable, and actionable for everyone.