Archive for Events
Data and Code Repository Information
Posted by: | CommentsThe foreground from the project is available in a number of repositories. This includes both the code and the data generated by the project. Note that for the data, all identifying information has been removed from the data. These will be maintained for two years (Sept 2011- September 2013).
- Carbon Trading / Energy Team Challenge.
- DEHEMS Website Coding
- Semantic web – appliance ontology.
- Database benchmarking framework – sensor-data storage.
- Processed data
- Thermal model identification
- Hypertable Distributed DBMS
Full details are available from the D1.3 Project Final Evaluation Report
Behavioural Change Resources
Posted by: | CommentsThese are details of a number of resources to support behavioural change in energy use .
Manchester is my Planet has been working with partners in Greater Manchester,Uk and from across the EU to develop a practical on-line resource to assist managers design and improve energy behavioural change programmes. The MECHanisms toolkit features a step-by-step guide for designing projects together with comprehensive supporting resources. The toolkit has been developed through the Changing Behaviour Project, funded through the EU’s 7th Framework Programme. Read More→
DEHEMS Cycle 2 Report Available
Posted by: | CommentsCycle 1 of DEHEMS research programme focused on the methodologies for using Living Labs for the DEHEMS. Cycle 2 gathered live data from Living Lab households using the DEHEMS monitoring equipment in 242 households across 5 Living Labs – in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Plovdiv & Ivanovo (Bulgaria). The Cycle 2 report is now available and combines both the quantitative and qualitative data elements:
- · Participating household energy usage as monitored by the DEHEMS system
- · Results of user surveys conducted by all Living Labs
- · Transcripts of focus groups conducted by all Living Labs
- · Other feedback from users recorded by individual Living Labs
- · Records of User Groups and other meetings
The report (D7.6), is an important element in the development of Cycle 3 and in particular feeds in to D2.5 – User Requirements for Cycle 3 and D2.8 – UML of Systems Requirements for Cycle 3.
Smart metering: what potential for householder engagement?
Posted by: | CommentsSarah Darby from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute has published a useful article on smart metering and it’s potential for householder engagement. The abstract is as follows:
The argument for the implementation of ’smart’ metering, which is an elastic term, varies according to circumstance and place. In some countries, the business case for establishing an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) relies in part on improving consumption feedback to customers and assisting in the transition to lower-impact energy systems. There is an expectation that AMI will lead to reductions in both the demand and the cost to serve customers through improved communication, but little evidence exists to show overall demand reduction. To what extent might smart meters improve the prospects for customer engagement? To assess this question, end-user perceptions and practices must be considered along with metering hardware and economics. Using the theory of affordances, qualitative research is examined to understand how householders have used consumption feedback, with and without smart meters. Although AMI offers possibilities for household energy management and customer-utility relations, there is little evidence to suggest it will automatically achieve a significant reduction in energy demand. For that, there has to be a determined focus on overall demand reduction (rather than on peak electricity demand reduction), on designing customer interfaces for ease of understanding, and on guiding occupants towards appropriate action. Appropriate forms of interface, feedback, narrative, and support will be needed to reach diverse populations.
Building Research & Information, 1466-4321, Volume 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442 – 457
Copies are available for purchase via the Informaworld site.
Smart Metering in the UK – Proposals for Delivery
Posted by: | CommentsOfgem and the DECC have published proposals for the delivery of smart metering in the UK. It invites consultation from experts and consumers on issues such as privacy and the handling of data. The deadline for responses is the 28 October 2010. Details of the documents are available at www.ofgem.gov.uk
Dehems @ the Manchester Science Festival
Posted by: | CommentsDehems will be demonstrating the energy management system at Manchester’s Science Festival at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) on the 23rd and 24th October. The Science Festival runs from the 21st to the 31st and offers over 200 events for families, young people and adults, with walks, talks, workshops, shows, comedy, exhibitions and more all in the name of science.
DEHEMS exhibiting at Beyond 2010 in Birmingham, UK – October 2010
Posted by: | CommentsDEHEMS will be at Beyond 2010 is a major two day intercontinental conference exploring the central role of digital technologies in delivering efficiencies, transparency and reform that are key to driving economic growth and delivering better, more efficient and sustainable public services. Scheduled for 20th & 21st October 2010, the conference brings together the digital and mobile technologies that are already transforming the delivery of public services across the world and the people who are making it happen to give you real life examples of best practice; the chance to benchmark your progress and tap into a network of joined up digital thinking that will help you find effective solutions to the challenge of delivering enhanced public services for less.
DEHEMS at “See IT in Action” 6th October 2010, London, UK
Posted by: | CommentsDEHEMS will be at the “See IT in Action” event in London in October. The conference will demonstrate how councils and partners can use technology to transform the delivery of public services, improve outcomes, and help achieve more for less. A free event, See IT in Action will demonstrate how public sector providers across the country are making creative use of existing ‘off-the-shelf’ technology; improving outcomes and delivering increased value for money across a range of front-line local services – including health, housing, social care, education and community safety.
First Bricks Laid at Ground Breaking Energy House
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the DEHEMS partners, University of Salford is involved in another home energy initiative. This month work commenced on a unique ‘Energy House’ as the first bricks were laid on what will become the first test house in the world to be constructed inside an environmentally controlled chamber at the University. Once completed, the house will be subjected to some of the most advanced energy experiments ever conducted on a residential property.
University experts will carry out a huge range of tests inside the house to gauge how its energy consumption varies depending on changeable factors and conditions. The testing chamber will feature a unique climate system which will generate a range of snow, rain, wind and humidity conditions – which, unlike other test properties, are not dependent on that day’s weather.
Energy Saving and Gender
Posted by: | CommentsDr David Kreps from the University of Salford recently presented a paper where he examines the concept of eco-masculinities as a philosophical and critical project to understand the links between gendered and pro-environmental behaviour. The paper looks at the sociology of masculinity, and the post-gendered world to which they both aspire, alongside a brief history of ecofeminism. The last section of the paper considers how these philosophical approaches might impact upon analysis of the DEHEMS project.
For more information see: Kreps, David, “Introducing Eco-Masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the Individual Differences Theory of Gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project” (2010). AMCIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 277. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2010/277/
