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On the Utilization of Smart Gadgets for Energy Aware Sensitive Behavior

Authors:
Gerold Hoelzl
Peter Halbmayer
Harald Rogner
Chen Xue
Alois Ferscha

Keywords: Power Management; Efficient Power Usage and Power Awareness; Behavioral Change; Sensor Networks; Activity and Context Recognition; Smart Gadgets

Abstract:
The conscious, efficient, and economical consumption of energy is being identified recently as crucial topic for industry, politics, and research. Limited earth resources that are still used for the majority of energy production head towards increasing energy prices and stress world climate and the budget of people. We present the PowerIT System that utilizes smart gadgets to achieve a more efficient and economical use of the available energy. By providing instant feedback of the current energy consumption in households by leveraging power metering technology and therefore raising awareness about the economics of the own energy usage, this work aims at reducing the energy consumption of people in their homes. The real-time energy consumption is captured, whereas the power signatures of electrical devices measured by power metering systems are the input modality for the system. This data is provided in real time as visual feedback to the residents using today's available smart gadgets (e.g., smart phones, tablets, and smart watches) in order to raise awareness about the current power demands. Beside the pure monitoring and control of power consumers, the system additionally collects data about the activities of people by using smart watches. This data can be used to generate activity models resulting in activity aware power saving schemes. We argue that the awareness of people about their energy consumption can induce a behavioral change resulting in a more efficient use of energy without affecting their level of living.

Pages: 192 to 198

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-324-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014