A Mobile Personal Residential Electricity Dashboard
The
growing use of smart electricity meters means that real-time information
relating to residential electricity consumption is readily available. The
globally recognized need to manage and improve the efficiency of our use of
electricity, and the need in most jurisdictions to increase the integration and
utilization of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources, provides a strong
motivation for individuals to be aware of their electricity consumption in
real-time, and to manage that consumption according to need (imperative,
background or discretionary activities) and availability of energy. This paper
describes the development and preliminary evaluation of a dashboard-like
display, implemented on a mobile platform (phone or tablet), which provides
both an instant overview and awareness of consumption and availability, and
facility to drill down to determine detail, and potentially to control
individual appliances.
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