Investigation on Consumers' Behaviour towards Energy Saving through Utilisation of Virtual SED (Smart Energy Displays) in Residential Building

HABITechno 3 International Conference

Puspa Harani, Sandhika Adlisia^1

Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom^1

关键词: Business opportunities;    Distribution costs;    Energy suppliers;    Reducing energy consumption;    Residential building;    Smart energies;    Stake holders;    User engagement;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/152/1/012035/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/152/1/012035

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The study is conducted by gathering data from interviews an in-home experiment, to examine the impacts of both virtual and physical SED toward user engagement. Business opportunity and benefits of virtual SED for stake holders are also discussed in this study. The research was conducted by interviewing method to respondens in Nottingham, UK. By comparing consumers' energy saving behaviour from physical and virtual SED users, virtual SED shows similar level of effectiveness as physical SED, but there is no evidence that the virtual versions are better than the physical ones in terms of reducing energy consumption. Nevertheless, virtual SED can be more beneficial for consumers who can get easier access. They also help educating users to be more concern about energy issue. Energy suppliers get benefits by having virtual versions of SED, in which they can reduce production and distribution costs, as well as diminishing waste from physical SED.