Towards Requirements for a Demand Side Response Energy Management System for Households

TL;DR

This paper identifies key requirements for a household demand response energy management system through interviews and workshops, aiming to enhance peak energy demand mitigation and household acceptance.

Contribution

It presents a requirements elicitation process for smart appliance automation in domestic energy demand response, validated with real household input.

Findings

Identified household needs for demand response systems

Validated requirements through co-design workshops

Provided insights for designing household-friendly energy management solutions

Abstract

Demand response is considered to be one of the key means through which peak energy demand could be ameliorated. This report presents a requirements elicitation exercise (undertaken in collaboration with the Bristol City Council, UK) to elicit the requirements that a smart appliance automation service for domestic energy demand response management must address to be accepted by the households. The study comprises of an interview study with 28 householders, the findings from which were validated through two co-design workshops.