An end-user perspective on smart home energy systems in the PowerMatching City demonstration project

Daphne Geelen; Manon Vos-Vlamings; Faidra Filippidou; Albert van den Noort; Maike van Grootel; Henri Moll; Angèle Reinders; David Keyson

doi:10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695387

An end-user perspective on smart home energy systems in the PowerMatching City demonstration project

Daphne Geelen, Manon Vos-Vlamings, Faidra Filippidou, Albert van den Noort, Maike van Grootel, Henri Moll, Angèle Reinders, David Keyson

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Abstract

In discussions on smart grids, it is often stated that residential end-users will play a more active role in the management of the electric power system. Experience in practice on how to empower end-users for such a role is however limited. This paper presents a field study in the first phase of the PowerMatching City project in which twenty-two households were equipped with demand-response-enabled heating systems and white goods. Although end-users were satisfied with the degree of living comfort afforded by the smart energy system, the user interface did not provide sufficient control and energy feedback to support an active contribution to the balancing of supply and demand. The full potential of demand response was thus not realized. The second phase of the project builds on these findings by design, implementation and evaluation of an improved user interface in combination with two demand response propositions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2013
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781479929849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695387
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe 2013 - Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 6 Oct 2013 → 9 Oct 2013 Conference number: 4

Conference

Conference	4th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe 2013
Abbreviated title	ISGT Europe 2013
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Lyngby
Period	6/10/13 → 9/10/13

Keywords

demand response
end-user behavior
energy balance
smart grid
user interface

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Geelen, D., Vos-Vlamings, M., Filippidou, F., van den Noort, A., van Grootel, M., Moll, H., Reinders, A., & Keyson, D. (2013). An end-user perspective on smart home energy systems in the PowerMatching City demonstration project. In 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2013 Article 6695387 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695387

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