ETH Zurich : Computer Science : Pervasive Computing : Distributed Systems : Research : Smart Energy

Smart Energy - ICT for Sustainability

A Research Topic of the Distributed Systems Group

In the eMeter project, a conventional smart electricity meter has been combined with a smartphone in order to visualize electricity consumption to increase energy transparency. Building on these ideas and the infrastructure developed in these projects, we are currently exploring a new set of Smart Meter Services connecting every-day devices, sensors and actuators in the home to achieve the energy savings and efficiency gains needed for the upcoming energy transition.

Our activities in this field performed in close cooperation with the Bits to Energy Lab.

See also the following related items:

• ECO data set (project)
• Smart Heating (project)
• Smart Meter Services (project)
• eMeter (project)
• Bits to Energy Lab (lab)
• EnergieVisible (demo)
• eMeter - Providing handy energy consumption feedback (demo)

Participating Researchers

Vlad Coroama, Vincent Becker

Selected Publications

See the Publications of the Distributed Systems Group page for a full listing of our publications.

• Liliana Barrios, Wilhelm Kleiminger
  The Comfstat – Automatically sensing thermal comfort for smart thermostats.
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2017). Kong, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, March 2017
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Leyna Sadamori, Silvia Santini, Thorsten Staake
  Automated Customer Segmentation Based on Smart Meter Data with Temperature and Daylight Sensitivity.
  Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm 2015). Miami, FL, USA. IEEE, November 2015
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Wilhelm Kleiminger, Christian Beckel, Silvia Santini
  Household Occupancy Monitoring Using Electricity Meters.
  Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2015). Osaka, Japan, September 2015
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Wilhelm Kleiminger, Friedemann Mattern, Silvia Santini
  Predicting household occupancy for smart heating control: A comparative performance analysis of state-of-the-art approaches.
  Energy and Buildings, Vol. 85, pp. 493–505, December 2014
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Leyna Sadamori, Thorsten Staake, Silvia Santini
  Revealing Household Characteristics from Smart Meter Data.
  Energy, Vol. 78, pp. 397-410, December 2014
  doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.10.025
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Wilhelm Kleiminger, Romano Cicchetti, Thorsten Staake, Silvia Santini
  The ECO Data Set and the Performance of Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Algorithms.
  Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings (BuildSys 2014). Memphis, TN, USA. ACM, pp. 80-89, November 2014
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Wilhelm Kleiminger, Christian Beckel, Thorsten Staake, Silvia Santini
  Occupancy Detection from Electricity Consumption Data.
  Proceedings of the 5th ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings (BuildSys 2013). ACM, Rome, Italy, November 2013
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  Note: This paper provides the results of a preliminary investigation. To see (or cite) the full results of our occupancy classification analysis, refer to the paper above with the title "Household Occupancy Monitoring Using Electricity Meters" published in the proceedings of the UbiComp 2015 conference.
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Leyna Sadamori, Silvia Santini
  Automatic Socio-Economic Classification of Households Using Electricity Consumption Data.
  Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy '13). Berkeley, CA, USA. ACM, pp. 75-86, May 2013
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  Note: This paper provides the results of a preliminary analysis. To see (or cite) the full results of our household classification analysis, refer to the paper above with the title "Revealing Household Characteristics from Smart Meter Data" published in the journal "Energy".
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Friedemann Mattern, Christian Beckel
  Smart Energy Consumption Feedback – Connecting Smartphones to Smart Meters.
  ERCIM News, No. 92, pp. 14-15, January 2013
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Leyna Sadamori, Silvia Santini
  Towards Automatic Classification of Private Households Using Electricity Consumption Data.
  Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings (BuildSys '12). Toronto, Canada. ACM, pp. 169-176, November 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  Note: This paper provides the results of a preliminary investigation. To see (or cite) the full results of our household classification analysis, refer to the paper above with the title "Revealing Household Characteristics from Smart Meter Data" published in the journal "Energy".
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Thorsten Staake, Friedemann Mattern, Elgar Fleisch
  PowerPedia: changing energy usage with the help of a community-based smartphone application.
  Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 655-664, August 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Wilhelm Kleiminger, Thorsten Staake, Silvia Santini
  Improving device-level electricity consumption breakdowns in private households using ON/OFF events.
  ACM SIGBED Review - Special Issue on the 3rd International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET 2012), Vol. 9, No. 3, ACM, pp. 32-38, New York, NY, USA, July 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Beckel, Wilhelm Kleiminger, Thorsten Staake, Silvia Santini
  Improving Device-level Electricity Consumption Breakdowns in Private Households Using ON/OFF Events.
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET 2012). Co-located with the CPS Week 2012. Beijing, China. pp. 40-52, April 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX
  Note: This paper is available as a reprint for the ACM SIGBED review (see entry above). Please use the SIGBED version for citations (BibTeX).
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Adrian Helfenstein, Friedemann Mattern, Thorsten Staake
  Leveraging smart meter data to recognize home appliances.
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2012). pp. 190-197, Lugano, Switzerland, March 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Claire Loock, Thorsten Staake, Friedemann Mattern, Elgar Fleisch
  Evaluating Mobile Phones as Energy Consumption Feedback Devices.
  In: P. Sénac, M. Ott, A. Seneviratne (Eds.): MobiQuitous 2010. LNICST, Vol. 73, pp. 63-77, 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Wilhelm Kleiminger, Christian Beckel, Silvia Santini
  Opportunistic Sensing for Efficient Energy Usage in Private Households.
  Proceedings of the Smart Energy Strategies Conference 2011. Zurich, Switzerland, September 2011
  BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Dominique Guinard
  Increasing Energy Awareness Through Web-enabled Power Outlets.
  Proceedings of MUM 2010 (9th ACM SIGMOBILE Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia). Limassol, Cyprus, December 2010
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss
  eMeter: Stromverbrauchsfeedback auf Basis eines Pervasive Energy Monitoring Systems.
  Doktoranden-Workshop Energieinformatik 2010. Oldenburg, Germany, November 2010
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Adrian Merkle, Thorsten Staake, Elgar Fleisch
  Towards a PowerPedia – A Collaborative Energy Encyclopedia.
  Proceedings of UCSE2010 Workshop at Ubicomp 2010 (1st Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Sustainable Energy). Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2010
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Friedemann Mattern, Thorsten Staake, Markus Weiss
  ICT for Green - How Computers Can Help Us to Conserve Energy.
  Proceedings of e-Energy 2010. ACM, pp. 1-10, Passau, Germany, April 2010
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Tobias Graml, Thorsten Staake, Friedemann Mattern, Elgar Fleisch
  Handy feedback: Connecting smart meters with mobile phones.
  Proceedings of MUM 2009 (ACM International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia). Cambridge, UK, November 2009
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Markus Weiss, Dominique Guinard, Thorsten Staake, and Wolf Roediger
  eMeter: An interactive energy monitor.
  Adjunct Proceedings of Ubicomp 2009 (International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing). Orlando, Florida, USA, September 2009
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Dominique Guinard, Markus Weiss, Vlad Trifa
  Are you Energy-Efficient? Sense it on the Web!
  Adjunct Proceedings of Pervasive 2009 (International Conference on Pervasive Computing). Nara, Japan, May 2009
  BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  

Related Student Projects

The following table lists corresponding student projects in our group. Note that some descriptions will be in German.