Strategies for domestic energy conservation in Carinthia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Author

Monacchi, Andrea ; Elmenreich, Wilfried ; D´Alessandro, Salvatore ; Tonello, Andrea M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Networked & Embedded Syst., Alpen-Adria-Univ. Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

4791

Lastpage

4796

Abstract

Households account for a significant fraction of overall energy consumption. Energy usage can be reduced by improving the efficiency of devices and optimizing their use as well as by encouraging people to change their behaviour towards a more sustainable lifestyle. In this study, we investigate patterns of domestic energy use in Carinthia (Austria) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy). In particular, we report the results of an online survey about electrical devices and their use in households. We outline typical scenarios in the two regions and discuss possible strategies to reduce the consumption of energy in these regions.

Keywords

domestic appliances; energy conservation; power consumption; Carinthia; Friuli-Venezia Giulia; domestic energy conservation strategy; energy consumption; energy usage reduction; household appliance; household electrical device; Electricity; Energy consumption; Home appliances; Resistance heating; Solar heating; Space heating; Water heating; electricity use; energy consumption analysis; energy efficiency; household appliances; smart energy; survey;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2013.6699910

Filename

6699910