Development and Field Demonstration of a Gamified Residential Demand Management Platform Compatible with Smart Meters and Building Automation Systems

Mustafa Alparslan Zehir, Kadir Baris Ortac, Hakan Gul, Alp Batman, Zafer Aydin, João Carlos Portela, Filipe Joel Soares, Mustafa Bagriyanik, Unal Kucuk and Aydogan Ozdemir
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Mustafa Alparslan Zehir: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Kadir Baris Ortac: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Hakan Gul: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Alp Batman: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Zafer Aydin: R&D Division, MAKEL Companies Group, 34522 Istanbul, Turkey
João Carlos Portela: R&D Division, MAKEL Companies Group, 34522 Istanbul, Turkey
Filipe Joel Soares: Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), INESC TEC, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Mustafa Bagriyanik: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Unal Kucuk: R&D Division, MAKEL Companies Group, 34522 Istanbul, Turkey
Aydogan Ozdemir: Department of Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Demand management is becoming an indispensable part of grid operation with its potential to aid supply/demand balancing, reduce peaks, mitigate congestions and improve voltage profiles in the grid. Effective deployments require a huge number of reliable participators who are aware of the flexibilities of their devices and who continuously seek to achieve savings and earnings. In such applications, smart meters can ease consumption behavior visibility, while building automation systems can enable the remote and automated control of flexible loads. Moreover, gamification techniques can be used to motivate and direct customers, evaluate their performance, and improve their awareness and knowledge in the long term. This study focuses on the design and field demonstration of a flexible device-oriented, smart meter and building automation system (BAS) compatible with a gamified load management (LM) platform for residential customers. The system is designed, based on exploratory surveys and systematic gamification approaches, to motivate the customers to reduce their peak period consumption and overall energy consumption through competing or collaborating with others, and improving upon their past performance. This paper presents the design, development and implementation stages, together with the result analysis of an eight month field demonstration in four houses with different user types in Istanbul, Turkey.

Keywords: demand response; gamification; building automation systems; residential buildings; smart meters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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