A Mobile Personal Residential Electricity Dashboard

The growing use of smart electricity meters means that real-time information relating to residential electricity consumption is readily available. The globally recognized need to manage and improve the efficiency of our use of electricity, and the need in most jurisdictions to increase the integration and utilization of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources, provides a strong motivation for individuals to be aware of their electricity consumption in real-time, and to manage that consumption according to need (imperative, background or discretionary activities) and availability of energy. This paper describes the development and preliminary evaluation of a dashboard-like display, implemented on a mobile platform (phone or tablet), which provides both an instant overview and awareness of consumption and availability, and facility to drill down to determine detail, and potentially to control individual appliances.