Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users

Research Output

We evaluate the changes to domestic electricity and gas consumption when the occupants have local access to a coloured real time in-home display (IHD). We report the preliminary six months findings of a three year research project involving 52 new build Scottish dwellings (flats and houses). On average, when compared to households with no IHD(n=22) the households with the IHD (n=30) reduced their gas and electricity consumption by 20% and 7% respectively. We found that the IHD was valued
by the users for its ability to incite behaviour to reduce gas consumption and reinforce existing electricity saving behaviour.

Type:

Conference Paper
Date:

30 November 2015
Publication Status:

Published
Publisher

Elsevier
DOI:

10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015
Cross Ref:

S1876610215017476
ISSN:

1876-6102
Library of Congress:

TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Dewey Decimal Classification:

696 Utilities

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/174676 Stinson, J., Willis, A., Williamson, J. B., Currie, J., & Smith, R. (2015). Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users. Energy Procedia, 78, 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015

Citation

Stinson, J., Willis, A., Williamson, J. B., Currie, J., & Smith, R. (2015). Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users. Energy Procedia, 78, 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015