This thesis examines if house-owners are prepared to reduce energy use by means of accessing more information on electricity consumption. The goal has been to examine whether house-owners are interested in details such as knowing what impact various installations and electrical appliances have on the overall consumption, and to present examples of various solutions available for solving this task. The aim has also been to present recommendations on what features such a system should hold, and to suggest how it can be designed. An orientation has been made on the electricity metering market for electricity trading, to examine what information is available to households today. Research in the topic of electricity feedback suggests that today's public methods are generally not as effective as other solutions with greater saving potential. The concept of Disaggregated Electricity Feedback (DEF) has been introduced and is intended to give effective feedback, contributing to a better understanding of the household electricity consumption. Study's main goal has been to investigate house owner’s interest in what DEF is aiming to achieve. The results show there is a strong interest for house-owners having access to what DEF is supposed to provide. Another result obtained in this work is that a potential product equipped with the DEF may be of interest to other parties. With technology changes taking place in the electricity market, opportunities are created for electricity companies to offer their customers completely new and customized services, where a DEF-product may have a number of possible uses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-121967 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Ståhlberg, Jonatan |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC STS, 1650-8319 ; 10 012 |
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