scholarly journals Conceptual Framework for Enhancing Energy Disaggregation Using Crowd and Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Raza Sagarwala
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
Energy Disaggregation ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Energy Auditing ◽  
Specific Device

This paper explores existing electrical disaggregation workflows and how they can be augmented with context awareness through datasets. The goal of energy disaggregation is to educate consumers on their energy usage. Additional benefits in automation, security, and energy auditing can be realized through disaggregation. The use of statistical analysis provides specific device consumption information that can be actioned to conserve energy in a directed and methodical manner. The current landscape of disaggregation is a complex workflow involving algorithms that detect, analyze and reveal consumption patterns. Disaggregation workflows involve the acquisition of energy signals for an entire building, refining readings, detecting events, extracting features, and classification. Each step in the workflow impacts the accuracy in which individual devices are detected. Disaggregation workflows may incorporate device usage and weather patterns to improve accuracy, but crowdsourcing signatures and the incorporation of datasets that allow for context awareness are strategies yet to be adopted.

scholarly journals Conceptual Framework for Enhancing Energy Disaggregation Using Crowd and Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Raza Sagarwala
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
Energy Disaggregation ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Energy Auditing ◽  
Specific Device

This paper explores existing electrical disaggregation workflows and how they can be augmented with context awareness through datasets. The goal of energy disaggregation is to educate consumers on their energy usage. Additional benefits in automation, security, and energy auditing can be realized through disaggregation. The use of statistical analysis provides specific device consumption information that can be actioned to conserve energy in a directed and methodical manner. The current landscape of disaggregation is a complex workflow involving algorithms that detect, analyze and reveal consumption patterns. Disaggregation workflows involve the acquisition of energy signals for an entire building, refining readings, detecting events, extracting features, and classification. Each step in the workflow impacts the accuracy in which individual devices are detected. Disaggregation workflows may incorporate device usage and weather patterns to improve accuracy, but crowdsourcing signatures and the incorporation of datasets that allow for context awareness are strategies yet to be adopted.

Integrated Experiences

2015 ◽  
pp. 278-295
Author(s):  
Carol Carruthers ◽  
Dragana Martinovic ◽  
Kyle Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Community Of Learners ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
K 12

This chapter discusses the integrated experiences of a group of instructors who are using tablets to teach mathematics to adolescents and young adults. iPad technology offers learners in different educational streams and with different knowledge bases an environment that fosters the growth of a community of learners engaged in mathematical concepts and processes. The authors present an in-depth examination of the design of a tablet-based mathematics education environment and provide a statistical analysis to highlight the full richness of their classroom-based experiments. The results are presented using the five foundational aspects of a conceptual framework for the successful implementation of technology in a K-12 environment.

scholarly journals A Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyle: Values, Adoption, Practices and Effects

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Osikominu ◽  
Nancy Bocken
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Voluntary Simplicity ◽  
Value Changes ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

Adopting a voluntary simplicity lifestyle (VSL) contributes to a change in consumption patterns towards more sustainable ones, which is urgently needed. This study defines the VSL as a voluntary reduction of income and consumption in exchange for more free time. Our research aims to contribute with more detailed VSL criteria. A literature review develops initial VSL criteria, which are validated against and enriched by data gathered through in-depth interviews with nine voluntary simplicity practitioners. This study contributes with: (1) more detailed insights into the value changes during lifestyle adoption of a VSL, (2) a detailed perspective on significant aspects in VSL adoption as well as how they tend to happen in sequence, and (3) insight into how consumption reduces or changes and how free time is spent when adopting a VSL. A conceptual framework for more detailed VSL criteria, as proposed in this study, is valuable to characterise the VSL lifestyle and differentiate it from other lifestyles. In sum, the study contributes to clearer perspectives on the VSL and provides detailed VSL criteria. Finally, we reaffirm the potential of VSL to contribute toward changing dominant unsustainable consumption patterns and indicate directions for future research.

A Study on the Power Consumption Patterns of General Hospital Buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 573-577
Author(s):  
Myung Kil Yeo ◽  
Kang Guk Lee ◽  
Won Hwa Hong
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Save Energy

The most important part of energy use in hospital buildings is to identify its usage patterns and maintain power supply even in blackout situations, rather than to save energy. This paper presents the power energy usage patterns of general hospitals as basic data for the establishment of countermeasures in blackout situations.

A new conceptual framework for identifying the factors influencing the effectiveness of competitive intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-576
Author(s):  
Somayeh Asghari ◽  
Sahar Targholi ◽  
Ali Kazemi ◽  
Saeed Shahriyari ◽  
Lila Rajabion
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Competitive intelligence (CI) collects data through the distribution of knowledge to make decisions in a competitive environment. To better comprehend the concept of CI, the purpose of this paper is to determine the role of effective factors (knowledge sharing, competitor information, information technology (IT) and organizational culture) and their impact on CI. In addition, the paper provides a conceptual framework for determining the practical factors on CI. Design/methodology/approach For evaluating the elements of the model, a questionnaire is considered. Questionnaires were reread by specialists with significant experiences in the CI field. For statistical analysis, the SPSS 22 and SmartPLS 3.2 software package is also used. Findings Findings from the study showed the validity of the model for a CI assessment. Furthermore, the results confirmed that the competitor information significantly influenced CI. In addition, the obtained results implied that IT has a significant and positive influence on CI. The effect of organizational culture on CI also proved to be positive and significant. Research limitations/implications This paper makes significant contributions for both researchers and practitioners; however, the authors determine some limitations, which are as follows: First, the authors showed the result in a single region. It cannot be assured that the results are generalizable to other areas. Second, because of time and financial constraints, the authors gathered the data using a sample from a single location. Third, the use of variables to depict CI may be not exhaustive. The authors, therefore, encourage future research to study these CI dimensions. Practical implications This study meaningfully contributes to the knowledge and literature by focusing more on CI, examining other significant aspects and applying advanced statistical analysis method. Also, current research results suggest practical implications for marketing practitioners and managers who implemented tools and made strategic plans to enhance the organization’s performance. From a practical perspective, the statistical results support the crucial role of the following factors: IT, competitor information, organizational culture and knowledge sharing on CI. Originality/value Experts in the area of knowledge management, CI and strategic management can use this study to gain a competitive advantage based on knowledge and information resources. Organizations must have knowledge management function and CI to support the strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation.

A Software Engineering Framework for Context-Aware Service-Based Processes in Pervasive Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 102-127
Author(s):  
Zakwan Jaroucheh ◽  
Xiaodong Liu ◽  
Sally Smith
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Software Infrastructure ◽  
Context Management ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Adaptive Processes ◽  
Context Aware Service

Context-awareness is considered to be the cornerstone technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are flexible, adaptable, and capable of acting autonomously on behalf of the user. However, context-awareness introduces various software engineering challenges. The separation of concerns is a promising approach in the design of the context-aware adaptive processes (CAAPs) where the core logic is designed and implemented separately from the context handling and adaptation logics. In this respect, this chapter presents a conceptual framework for developing CAAPs and software infrastructure for efficient context management that together address the known software engineering challenges and facilitate the design and implementation tasks associated with such context-aware applications.

scholarly journals A Low Rate Energy Disaggregation using Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 4204-4209
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Sampling Rate ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Energy Meter ◽  
High Sampling Rate ◽  
Energy Disaggregation ◽  
Load Monitoring ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Conservation And Management

Nowadays, Energy conservation and management are a must practice due to the exponentially increasing energy usage. One solution for providing for energy conservation is appliance load monitoring. Load monitoring approach should be simple and of low cost in order to be massively deployable. Non-Intrusive load monitoring is a better approach since it can disaggregate energy at the cost of single energy meter. A low sampling rate energy meter incurs low cost compared to a high sampling rate energy meter. In this paper a less complex, low cost energy disaggregation approach has been proposed

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