The new edge for the Enel Telegestore: an integrated solution for the remote management of electricity and gas distribution allowing a total management of the energy consumptions

Petroni, Paola; Cotti, Marco; Bono, Oscar

doi:10.1049/cp.2009.1002

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“…the main Italian energy provider, ENEL, has already installed about 30 million metering units [14] and according to an EU single market electricity directive (2009/72/EC) at least 80% of Europe's consumers must be equipped with smart meters by 2020, subject to positive economic assessment of all the long-term cost and benefits.…”

Section: Related Work: Studies On Energy Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

Persuading Consumers to Reduce Their Consumption of Electricity in the Home

Smeaton

2013

Persuasive Technology

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Abstract. Previous work has identified that providing real time feedback or interventions to consumers can persuade consumers to change behaviour and reduce domestic electricity consumption. However, little work has investigated what exactly those feedback mechanisms should be. Most past work is based on an in-home display unit, possibly complemented by lower tariffs and delayed use of non-essential home appliances such as washing machines. In this paper we focus on four methods for real time feedback on domestic energy use, developed to gauge the impact on energy consumption in homes. Their feasibility had been tested using an experimental setup of 24 households collecting minute-by-minute electricity consumption data readings over a period of 18 months. Initial results are mixed, and point to the difficulties of sustaining a reduction in energy consumption, i.e. persuading consumers to change their behaviour. Some of the methods we used exploit small group social dynamics whereby people want to conform to social norms within groups they identify with. It may be that a variety of feedback mechanisms and interventions are needed in order to sustain user interest.

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Section: Related Work: Studies On Energy Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

Persuading Consumers to Reduce Their Consumption of Electricity in the Home

Smeaton

2013

Persuasive Technology

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“…the main Italian energy provider, ENEL, has already installed about 30 million metering units [19]. There are a number of start-ups and big, established companies like GE building energy management tools including the smart meter, management software, and energy dashboards.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green multimedia

Qiu

Foley

Lee

et al. 2010

Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Multimedia

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In this work we discuss a new, but highly relevant, topic to the multimedia community; systems to inform individuals of their carbon footprint, which could ultimately effect change in community carbon footprint-related activities. The reduction of carbon emissions is now an important policy driver of many governments, and one of the major areas of focus is in reducing the energy demand from the consumers i.e. all of us individually. In terms of CO2 generated from energy consumption, there are three predominant factors, namely electricity usage, thermal related costs, and transport usage. Standard home electricity and heating sensors can be used to measure the former two aspects, and in this paper we evaluate a novel technique to estimate an individual's transport-related carbon emissions through the use of a simple wearable accelerometer. We investigate how providing this novel estimation of transport-related carbon emissions through an interactive web site and mobile phone app engages a set of users in becoming more aware of their carbon emissions. Our evaluations involve a group of 6 users collecting 25 million accelerometer readings and 12.5 million power readings vs. a control group of 16 users collecting 29.7 million power readings.

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“…To further increase that trend, smart energy grids are being promoted to address optimal management and improved control of energy, by introducing intelligence into the electricity grid. The recent momentum for Smart Grid meters, visible in a number of government driven large-scale pilot deployments such as in Italy [11] and in the US [12], intends to accelerate their introduction into households. Within this context, embedded sensor networks and actuating systems are expected to play a key role in monitoring and reducing building's overall energy consumption.…”

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confidence: 99%