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Influencing household energy practices: a critical review of UK smart metering standards and commercial feedback devices

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posted on 2023-05-18, 08:57 authored by Pullinger, M, Heather LovellHeather Lovell, Webb, J
The smart metering systems currently being installed in UK households support devices that give feedback aimed at encouraging behaviour changes, specifically to reduce energy demand and spending on energy. Detailed standards specify the minimum technical capabilities of the smart meters and feedback devices. In this paper, we assess the extent to which these standards enable feedback that is likely to be effective in reducing demand. Latest research in this field, drawing on theories of social practice, suggests that feedback devices assume and rely on what we term ‘reflection practice’, a distinctive type of social practice, and that feedback attentive to the particular energy-using practices of householders is likely to have most influence on demand. Neither the smart meter standards nor current commercial devices are found to incorporate these latest research findings, potentially significantly limiting the ability of the UK smart metering programme to fulfil its domestic energy demand reduction objectives.

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Publication title

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

Volume

26

Issue

10

Pagination

1144-1162

ISSN

0953-7325

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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