Every time you buy a new Home appliance ,tune up your heating system ,or replace a burned-out light bulb ,you’re making a decision that affects the environment .It is just that we are unaware of the big difference that each of us can make by taking energy use into account in our household purchasing and maintenance decisions.
The Energy Performance Certificate or The Energy Scorecard will create one such big difference in the consumer’s utility decisions.
The Energy Report is put forward based on the literals provided by the NILM meter .It is an interactive home energy assessment tool , combined with extensive decision –support content .The Energy Scorecard aims to provide the user with,
1.An average estimate of the energy consumption by the end users for the entire household based on real time analysis.
2.A comparison of the estimated energy consumption to a *TYPICAL* household and subsequent recommendations for the bill reduction.
( *TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD*-Ideal NILM home centre.)
The Home Energy Saver strategy provides two basic services to the residential consumers. One is a self scoring tool , where the user can generate a report based on his self assessment on the disaggregated load parameters obtained from the NILM meter for a particular device .This would help the user to analyze the power quality and hence maintain a report of the device based on its real time working .The other is a categorized service report where the users receive increasingly customized results along with itemized energy saving upgrade recommendations over a period of time.
In general , the categorized service report acts as an ENERGY GUIDE . It lists out the current energy related features of the home devices .These include information about ...
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...rters of the electricity used by incandescents. The best targets are 60-100W bulbs used several hours a day.
4.Regularly check the age and condition of your major appliances.
To Do This Week/ Month
1.Collect your utility bills .Target the biggest bill for energy conservation remedies.
2.Schedule a regular energy audit based on the self assessment tool .
On the whole from the above sample report the summarized methodology is, we first provide a description of the method for calculating energy consumption,and the levels of input detail available to the user and the output reported to the user. We then describe the calculation of energy bills based on consumption. Finally, we document the presentation by which consumers can compare the results for their household ,which thus suggest possibilities for ( energy bill reduction) an efficient Energy Management.
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