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NREL OpenPATH on Windows Pc

Developed By: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 7 votes

Last Updated: April 25, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.9.4
Size	26.3 MB
Release Date	November 17, 24
Category	Health & Fitness Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (16)]
What's New: - Initial support for using BLE beacons to map vehicles to trips, particularly in fleet deployments [see more]
Description from Developer: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Open Platform for Agile Trip Heuristics (NREL OpenPATH, https://nrel.gov/openpath) enables people to track their travel modes—car, bus, b... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download NREL OpenPATH and install on Windows PC. NREL OpenPATH is free Health & Fitness app, developed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Latest version of NREL OpenPATH is 1.9.4, was released on 2024-11-17 (updated on 2024-04-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of NREL OpenPATH is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 7 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 5 users had rated it 1*.

How to install NREL OpenPATH on Windows?

Instruction on how to install NREL OpenPATH on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install NREL OpenPATH on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install NREL OpenPATH using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "NREL OpenPATH" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install NREL OpenPATH on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "NREL OpenPATH" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.9.4 , 1.8.3 , 1.7.7 , 1.7.4.

Download NREL OpenPATH 1.9.4 on Windows PC – 26.3 MB

Download NREL OpenPATH 1.8.3 on Windows PC – 13.5 MB

Download NREL OpenPATH 1.7.7 on Windows PC – 14.1 MB

Download NREL OpenPATH 1.7.4 on Windows PC – 14.1 MB

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Open Platform for Agile Trip Heuristics (NREL OpenPATH, https://nrel.gov/openpath) enables people to track their travel modes—car, bus, bike, walking, etc.—and measure their associated energy use and carbon footprint.

The app empowers communities to understand their travel mode choices and patterns, experiment with options to make them more sustainable, and evaluate the results. Such results can inform effective transportation policy and planning and be used to build more sustainable and accessible cities.

NREL OpenPATH informs individual users about the impact of their choices, and also makes aggregated, community-level data on mode shares, trip frequencies, and carbon footprints available via a public dashboard.

NREL OpenPATH incorporates continuous data collection and analysis via a smart phone app backed by a server and automated data processing. Its open nature enables transparent data collection and analysis, while allowing it to be configured for individual programs or studies.

On first install, the app does not collect or transmit data. Once you click the link or scan the QR code to join a given study or program, you will be asked to consent to data collection and storage before the app begins functioning. If you are not part of a partner community or program but are simply interested in quantifying your individual carbon footprint, you can join the NREL-run open-access study. In the aggregate, your data might be used as the control for experiments run by our partners.

At its core, the app represents an automatically sensed travel diary, constructed from background sensed location and accelerometer data. You can annotate the diary with semantic labels as requested by a given program administrator or researcher.

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Therefore, the app automatically turns off the GPS if you are not moving. This significantly reduces the battery drain caused by location tracking. The app results in ~ 5% battery drain for up to 3 hours of travel per day.

- Initial support for using BLE beacons to map vehicles to trips, particularly in fleet deployments

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows applications to write the sync settings.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows an app to access approximate location.