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Creating an energy competition between households tussentijdse thesispresentatie 1 februari 2012 Student: Stijn Coppens Promotor: prof. Andrew Vande Moere

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Page 1: Interim thesis presentation

Creating an energy competition between householdstussentijdse thesispresentatie 1 februari 2012

Student: Stijn CoppensPromotor: prof. Andrew Vande Moere

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

• elektriciteitsverbruik bij gezinnen• ondoorzichtelijke facturen• verlangen om minder te verbruiken • hoe inzicht verkrijgen?

Introductie

© diytrade.com© vandaag.be

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Motivatie

© Wattson

• zinvolle informatie?• data tussen gezinnen vergelijken• opvoeren sociale druk

© Efergy

© Google Powermeter

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Achtergrond

Comparative Feedback in the Street: Exposing Residential Energy Consumption on House Façades

Microsoft Hohm

Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN)

UCLA save energy competition

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Werkwijze

• Bouwen hardware

• Experiment

• Testpanel• Feedback (interview, notaboekje en enquete)

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Werkwijze - technisch schema

CT sensorCurrent measurement

electronicsRFM12B

Wireless link

Sensor Station

Hub

RFM12BWireless link

Ethernet portlink

Database+

Processing data

Internet

VisualizingRFM12B

Wireless link

Display

...

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Werkwijze - technisch schema

Database

Display

Hub

Sensor Station

Display

Hub

Sensor Station

Display

Hub

Sensor Station

deelnemer 1 deelnemer 2 deelnemer 3

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Stand van Zaken

CT sensorCurrent measurement

electronicsRFM12B

Wireless link

Sensor Station

Hub

RFM12BWireless link

Ethernet portlink

Database+

Processing data

Internet

VisualizingRFM12B

Wireless link

Display

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Video

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Assembled Sensor station

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Assembled HUB

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Receiving radio frequency signals on Arduino

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

5 shift registers on a breadboard

Desiging a circuit with transistors

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Display prototype 3

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Introductie Motivatie Achtergrond Werkwijze Stand van zaken Planning

Planning

database bepalen display tekst

afwerkenprototypes

testen / keuren

vorm feedback bepalen

Testpanelselecteren

Experiment Analyseren resultaten+ afwerken thesis

maken van feedback

benodigdheden

firmware Hub-display

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Einde

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Abstract. Influenced by the climate and financial crisis, households would like to lower their electricity bill for the welbeing of the environment and their own wallet. The problem is that users have little insight in their consumption. This thesis investigates a new way to raise awareness by letting households compete against each other in an energy competition. In order to rank first, their electricity consumption must be the least over a certain period. Information about their usage and that of their competitors is visualized inside the homes on a display where instead of numbers, words light up. The reason for this is that numbers in kWh and Euros could be difficult to understand for participants and therefore could be misinterpreted by them. In this case, the display interprets the numbers and tells the competitors if they are doing well or not in comparison with the others. Besides reporting on the experiment, this thesis also houses a technical part. It describes how open hardware projects and open source knowledge are combined to build the different blocks that are needed to do this study.

Creating an energy competition between households