Methodology of the Data Processing with ICT Solutions for the Evaluation of the Energy and Water Savings

Abstract:

EnergyTIC (Technology, Information and Communication services for engaging social housing residents in energy and water efficiency) has put information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in place to provide end-users with methods to monitor and adapt their energy and water consumption. The main objective of this paper is to establish a methodology to analyze, process, and organize the user information and the energy and water consumption information from the Spanish pilot program. It will work with three different layers of information: (1) data provided to the user, (2) data managed for the analysis, and (3) data entered into the software “eeMeassure” to quantify the savings according to the unified criteria of the European Commission.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 689)
• Pages: 158-162
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.689.158
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Samuel Domínguez, Jesica Fernández-Agüera, Rocio Escandon, Eugenio Dominguez
• Keywords: Energy Efficiency, Energy Saving, Energy User´s Feedback, ICT Solutions, Water Savings

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