Visualising energy use for smart homes and informed users

Jon Stinson; Alexandra Willis; Julio Bros Williamson; John Currie; R. Sean Smith

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015

Visualising energy use for smart homes and informed users

Jon Stinson^*
, Alexandra Willis
, Julio Bros Williamson
, John Currie
, R. Sean Smith

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Engineering

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We evaluatethe changes to domestic electricity and gas consumption when the occupants have localaccess to a colouredreal time in-home display (IHD). We report the preliminary sixmonths findings of a three year researchproject involving 52 new build Scottishdwellings (flats and houses). On average, when compared to house holds with no IHD(n=22) the households with the IHD (n=30) reduced their gas and electricity consumptionby 20% and 7% respectively. We foundthatthe IHDwas valued by the users for its ability to incite behaviour to reduce gas consumption and reinforce existing electricity savingbehaviour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-584
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	78
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2015
Event	6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015 - Torino, Italy Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 17 Jun 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Behaviour change
Coloured in-home display
Electricity and gas consumption
Energy feedback

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Visualising energy use for smart homes and informed users

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