Electric power consumption analysis model based on user activity for power saving

In this paper, an electric power consumption analysis model and guidelines for power consumption reduction based on user activities for a home energy management service system are described. The activities are extracted from the time, identity, location, and power consumption of electric appliances with distributed power-strip-type smart sockets. The extracted activities are used for analysis of the power consumption habits of residents in order to promote alteration of their behavior to reduce power consumption. The results from an evaluation experiment for the model and guidelines show better performance than results from previous studies by using simple feedback information to achieve a reduction in power consumption.