Profiling energy use in households and office spaces

Authors:
Salman Taherian;Marcelo Pias;George Coulouris;Jon Crowcroft
Affiliations:
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy-Efficient Computing and Networking
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Energy consumption is largely studied in the context of different environments, such as domestic, corporate, industrial, and public sectors. In this paper, we discuss two environments, households and office spaces, where people have an especially strong impact on energy demand and usage. We describe an energy monitoring system which supports continuous and tailored energy feedback, and assess the level of information (energy awareness) that can be gained from time-series energy profiles. Our studies pointed to similarities between households and office spaces and motivated us to profile energy in the same way for both settings. As result, an individualized energy metric is introduced which assists (a) public sharing of energy use, (b) aggregation and combination of energy use across different environments, and (c) comparison among individuals.