digital environment home energy management system adrian slatcher, mdda

Digital Environment Home Energy

Management SystemAdrian Slatcher, MDDA

DEHEMS Consortium• Manchester City Council [United Kingdom]

• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca [Romania]

• Clicks and Links Ltd [United Kingdom]

• Hildebrand Technology Ltd [United Kingdom]

• Bristol City Council [United Kingdom]

• Corinex Communications [Slovakia]

• Plovdiv Municipality [Bulgaria]

• Ivanovo Municipality [Bulgaria]

• Institute e-Austria Timisoara

• University of Rousse [Bulgaria]

• Birmingham Council [United Kingdom]

• University of Coventry [United Kingdom]

• The Centre [Belgium]

• University of Salford [United Kingdom]

Manchester City Council and Manchester Digital Delivery Authority (MDDA) - CoordinatorCommenced - June 2008Duration - 30 months

Why DEHEMS?

•Supply side will not be ready in time

•Humans are essential in solution

•Household efficiency must be a priority- 25-30% of carbon emissions from households

- 80% of energy usage in households is heating

- EC projects 27% savings through efficiency in buildings

Change in household values will drive a larger lifestyle change, thus reducing emissions across all areas of inefficiency.

What ingredients are required?

•Measurement- Metrics - what is being measured?

- Context - how do you compare to others and norms?

- History - how am I changing over time?

- Trust - can I trust this is real and personal?

- Granularity - is there enough detail to explain what is happening?

•Models- Projections - how do today’s actions impact on tomorrow’s

metrics

•Management- Access - does information find me or do I find information?

- Control - can I take action?

Current landscape

•Smart meters: energy company led

•Electricity display devices: consumer led

•Public education: government led

•Energy efficiency projects: voluntary/gov led

Measurement-Metrics Context History Trust Granularity

Models-Projections

Management-Access Control

DEHEMS approach

•Energy performance measurement rather than total consumption

•Community dimension to behaviour change

•Enabling easy, effective action

DemoVersion 1.0 DEHEMS Dashboard

Energy in various

units with comparison

Realtime power measurement & comparison

24 hour historyminute by minute

Data driven tips

ContextMetrics

TrustGranularity

Context

HistoryContext

Trust

Models

Management

Living Labs•Observations are real and dynamic

•Take requirements from end users

•Makes R&D market ready

•Plan 250 households, will exceed into 300

•Significant excess public demand (1000s from limited exposure)

Results

•People want to engage with issue

•Immediate impact in behaviour change

•New behaviour seem to be sustained

•Big scope for community functions

•People want to know more

•Target 20% savings is very achievable

System: Cycle 1.

Demand Outside DEHEMS

•Online questionnaire produced 1000 expressions of interest

•DEHEMS will cover 250 homes in specific cities (Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Plovdiv, Ivanovo )

•3 cycles – test, refine, measure

Engaged Communities

•People need to be a real community not just a convenient one

•They have to be willing to contribute qualitative as well as quantitative data

•Timescales: for testing, for behaviour change

Challenges

•Existing technology isn’t always suitable

•New technology (and software) delays can be a problem

•Lots of specialist skills are required (installation, education)

The Future

•Existing technology isn’t always suitable

•New technology (and software) delays can be a problem

•Need for specialist skills on the pilot

Thank youwww.manchesterdda.com

Adrian Slatcher

a.slatcher@manchesterdda.com

www.dehems.eu

Project Lead: Martine Tommis

m.tommis@manchesterdda.com