COOLSHIFT - READ ME FIRST
Rapid Forge Buildathon | Participant Pack
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | SDG 13: Climate Action

START HERE
Read this file before opening the challenge documents or dataset.

PACKAGE CONTENTS
00_READ_ME_FIRST.docx
  Orientation, reading order, data responsibilities and final checklist.
01_CoolShift_Participant_Challenge_Handbook.docx
  Problem, objectives, mandatory workflow, features and rules.
02_CoolShift_Technical_and_Data_Specification.docx
  Inputs, schemas, units, validations, calculations, constraints and outputs.
03_CoolShift_Submission_Testing_and_Evaluation_Guide.docx
  Submission requirements, acceptance tests, hidden testing and scoring.
04_CoolShift_Public_Dataset_and_Templates.xlsx
  Public scenarios, 8,640 interval inputs, baseline data, validation cases and templates.

RECOMMENDED ORDER
1. Read the Challenge Handbook.
2. Read the Technical and Data Specification.
3. Inspect the workbook README and Data_Dictionary sheets.
4. Read the Submission, Testing and Evaluation Guide.
5. Build against the required schemas and acceptance tests.

DATA RESPONSIBILITY
- Organizer supplies 3 public scenarios, each covering 30 days at 15-minute resolution.
- Total public inputs: 8,640 interval records.
- Each team creates 1 custom seven-day scenario: 672 interval records.
- Required submitted outputs: 2,688 interval rows.
- Hidden evaluation: 1 unseen 24-hour case producing 96 recommendations.

The custom scenario may use API data, open data, manually structured realistic values, synthetic data, or a combination. Teams must disclose the source and make synthetic generation reproducible.

IMPORTANT
More rows or larger claimed savings do not prove optimization. Judges will verify baseline comparison, comfort and safety, energy balance, outages, battery constraints, appliance limits, dynamic recalculation and unseen-case performance.

NON-NEGOTIABLES
- No hard-coded outputs.
- No static awareness website, basic calculator or generic chatbot as the complete solution.
- Keep the original public workbook unchanged; work from a copy.
- Use the supplied output templates and preserve required column names.
- Disclose all APIs, datasets, models, libraries and reused components.
- Label features as functional, simulated or planned.

QUICK CHECKLIST
[ ] All participant documents reviewed
[ ] Full public dataset processes successfully
[ ] Baseline and optimized outputs available
[ ] 2,688 output rows exported
[ ] Custom seven-day scenario and provenance included
[ ] Constraints and errors tested
[ ] Repository, setup guide, formulas and architecture ready
[ ] Unseen 24-hour case can be processed without source-code changes
[ ] Pitch and live demo rehearsed

The Excel workbook also contains a README sheet with workbook-specific instructions.
Official organizer announcements take priority for timings, submission channels and support contacts.