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Projects: Details for ETI-SS9002
Details for ETI-SS9002
Reference Number ETI-SS9002
Title Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) Programme - Home Energy Management System (HEMS) - Development and Trial
Status Completed
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 90%;
Not Energy Related(Not Energy) 10%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Other Systems Analysis) 50%;
Not Cross-cutting 50%;
Principal Investigator Project Contact
No email address given
Cambridge Consultants
Award Type Institute Project
Funding Source ETI
Start Date 01 January 2015
End Date 29 December 2017
Duration 36 months
Total Grant Value £4,900,000
Industrial Sectors Technical Consultancy
Region East of England
Programme Smart Systems and Heat
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , Cambridge Consultants (100.000%)
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Objectives
  • This 5m project aims to accelerate the development of a consumer-orientated Home Energy Management System (HEMS) to give insight into consumer energy use, building and heating system performance providing a secure and flexible platform that will enable others to test and develop new energy services
  • The project aims to accelerate the development of a consumer-orientated Home Energy Management System (HEMS) product with mass market appeal
  • Testing in homes started in the winter of 2016
Abstract

ETIs research highlights that a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) should be a key component of a future smart energy system, but given the fact that most consumers do not willingly engage with their energy system any product solutions need to be consumer focused if they are to be effective. Therefore this project to design an advanced HEMS is a core component of the ETIs Smart Systems and Heat programme (now delivered by the Energy Systems Catapult) to make energy and heat consumption more consumer focused.

As part of the two year project, the system that is developed will be installed and tested in homes during the winter of 2016 and the results analysed to give an insight into consumer patterns, their electricity and gas use and the building and heating system performance. This will provide a significant dataset of consumer behaviours, energy use and building characterisation to develop further future products. Providing a secure and scalable platform will also help to integrate more appliances in the home and allow valuable services and applications to be developed, deployed and managed.

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