Abstract
Existing electricity feedback systems provide home occupants with real-time consumption data to enable them to control their consumption. However, these systems provide abstract consumption data that is not related to the occupants surrounding. Although there are some attempts to enrich consumption data with some context information, the presented feedback is not enough to inform decisions of how to conserve electricity. Therefore, this paper provides a rich definition of electricity consumption context, which can be used to provide sensible feedback to users. The obtained context elements can be categorized into three context types: User Context, Appliances Context, and Environment Context. Finally, different implications for the application of a context-aware feedback system are presented showing how the obtained context definition could be used to provide understandable feedback.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future |
Place of Publication | Birmingham |
Publisher | Birmingham City University |
Pages | 147-152 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-904839-88-0 |
Publication status | Published (VoR) - 2016 |