USEM: A ubiquitous smart energy management system for residential homes

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dc.contributor.authorMasoodian, Masood
dc.contributor.authorAndré, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorKugler, Michael
dc.contributor.authorReinhart, Florian
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Bill
dc.contributor.authorSchlieper, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-28T20:05:50Z
dc.date.available2014
dc.date.available2015-01-28T20:05:50Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWith the ever-increasing worldwide demand for energy, and the limited available energy resources, there is a growing need to reduce our energy consumption whenever possible. Therefore, over the past few decades a range of technologies have been proposed to assist consumers with reducing their energy use. Most of these have focused on decreasing energy consumption in the industry, transport, and services sectors. In more recent years, however, growing attention has been given to energy use in the residential sector, which accounts for nearly 30% of total energy consumption in the developed countries. Here we present one such system, which aims to assist residential users with monitoring their energy usage and provides mechanisms for setting up and controlling their home appliances to conserve energy. We also describe a user study we have conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this system in supporting its users with a range of tools and visualizations developed for ubiquitous devices such as mobile phones and tablets. The findings of this study have shown the potential benefits of our system, and have identified areas of improvement that need to be addressed in the future.
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dc.identifier.citationMasoodian, M., André, E., Kugler, M., Reinhart, F., Rogers, B., & Schlieper, K. (2014). USEM: A ubiquitous smart energy management system for residential homes. International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, 7(3&4), 519–532.en
dc.identifier.issn1942-2679
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/9085
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIARIA
dc.relation.isPartOfInternational Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iariajournals.org/intelligent_systems/tocv7n34.html
dc.rights© 2014 copyright with the author.
dc.subjectbuilding energy management
dc.subjectenergy usage monitoring
dc.subjectenergy usage visualization
dc.subjectinformation visualization
dc.subjectmobile user interfaces
dc.subjectuser evaluation
dc.subjectpersuasive technology
dc.titleUSEM: A ubiquitous smart energy management system for residential homes
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FCMS
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FCMS/Computer Science
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