DEHEMS: empowering the domestic energy consumer with persuasive interfaces

Globally, there is rising concern about the impact of energy consumption on the environment, coinciding with increasing energy costs. The Digital Environment Home Energy Management System (DEHEMS) project aims to provide householders with persuasive tools that improve awareness of the energy behaviour of their household and allow them to manage their energy consumption more efficiently. This paper presents the overview of the envisioned DEHEMS system, and proposes that there is a real user requirement for intelligent, persuasive energy monitoring systems.