3eHouses: A smart metering pilot in UK living labs

This paper describes the technical solution to a smart metering pilot project in the UK. The 3e-Houses project is a European Union funded project to install smart metering in social housing for the purpose of capturing energy consumption data and feeding it back to the residents in a meaningful way. The aim of the project is to demonstrate up to 20% decrease in energy usage through ICT alone. The paper discusses the technical approach, practical experience from the rollout to around 100 homes, the problems encountered and the remedies applied. Particular attention is paid to the transport of data between the smart metering systems located in residential homes and a remote collection server. Finally, some preliminary energy monitoring results are highlighted.