TR2014-043

Advanced Visual Interfaces for Smart Energy: Focusing Where it Matters Most

    •  Wittenburg, K., Laughman, C., Nikovski, D., Sahinoglu, Z., "Advanced Visual Interfaces for Smart Energy: Focusing Where it Matters Most", Workshop on Fostering Smart Energy Applications through Advanced Visual Interfaces, DOI: 10.1145/​2598153.2602224, May 2014, pp. 31-34.
      BibTeX TR2014-043 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wittenburg2014may,
      • author = {Wittenburg, K. and Laughman, C. and Nikovski, D. and Sahinoglu, Z.},
      • title = {Advanced Visual Interfaces for Smart Energy: Focusing Where it Matters Most},
      • booktitle = {Workshop on Fostering Smart Energy Applications through Advanced Visual Interfaces},
      • year = 2014,
      • pages = {31--34},
      • month = may,
      • doi = {10.1145/2598153.2602224},
      • issn = {1177-777X},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2014-043}
      • }
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    Human-Computer Interaction

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Abstract:

Targeting reductions of electricity usage among consumers in their homes has been very popular among researchers, industry, and research funding organizations. Here we look behind the application surface to examine where visual energy-savings applications might have their greatest impact. We analyze residential, commercial, and industrial sectors in the US and observe differences regarding energy use, economic incentives, and leverage per establishment. We then give examples of industrial and commercial energy-savings applications being developed at Mitsubishi Electric and supported by its North American Research Laboratory, MERL.