An Empirical Study of Real-time Feedback and Dynamic Pricing Effects on Electric Power Consumption - Field Experiment on a Remote Island in Japan

Koji Shimada, Yuki Ochi, Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroshi Matsugi, Takao Awata

2015

Abstract

The management of electric power demand is a key element in the creation of smart-energy communities. We are engaged in a field experiment with the participation of 51 households on Nushima Island, one of the remote islands of Japan, to study the effects of real-time feedback and dynamic pricing on electric power consumption using smart meters and tablet PCs. From the results of panel data analysis, we have found that these measures achieve an estimated saving of 22 percent in electric power consumption when the tablet PCs are accessed three times per day.

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Shimada K., Ochi Y., Matsumoto T., Matsugi H. and Awata T. (2015). An Empirical Study of Real-time Feedback and Dynamic Pricing Effects on Electric Power Consumption - Field Experiment on a Remote Island in Japan . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-105-2, pages 201-208. DOI: 10.5220/0005434402010208


in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens15,
author={Koji Shimada and Yuki Ochi and Takuya Matsumoto and Hiroshi Matsugi and Takao Awata},
title={An Empirical Study of Real-time Feedback and Dynamic Pricing Effects on Electric Power Consumption - Field Experiment on a Remote Island in Japan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2015},
pages={201-208},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005434402010208},
isbn={978-989-758-105-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - An Empirical Study of Real-time Feedback and Dynamic Pricing Effects on Electric Power Consumption - Field Experiment on a Remote Island in Japan
SN - 978-989-758-105-2
AU - Shimada K.
AU - Ochi Y.
AU - Matsumoto T.
AU - Matsugi H.
AU - Awata T.
PY - 2015
SP - 201
EP - 208
DO - 10.5220/0005434402010208