In the era of information technology and big data, the extraction, commodification, and
control of personal information is redefining how people relate and interact. However, the …

The IDEAL household energy dataset described here comprises electricity, gas and
contextual data from 255 UK homes over a 23-month period ending in June 2018, with a …

This paper investigates factors associated with variation in daily total (electricity and gas)
energy consumption in domestic buildings using linked pre-COVID-19 smart meter, weather …

Safeguarding the data collected by smart meters is essential because the disclosure of this
information may threaten the privacy of the consumer. By obtaining them, hackers can find …

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people lived, worked, and studied around the
world, with direct consequences for domestic energy use. This study assesses the impact of …

The advent of information and communication technologies has paved the way for smart
cities. Residential customers are the major consumers of electrical energy in such cities …

This study investigates typical domestic energy demand profiles and their variation over
time. It draws on a sample of 13,000 homes from Great Britain, applying k-means cluster …

Abstract In October 2022 British households entered a heating season amidst exceptionally
high energy prices–squeezing household incomes and increasing fuel poverty. This study …

In this chapter, the smart metering applications are classified with respect to the
stakeholders that are mainly interested in their deployment and can have the highest profit …

Obtaining high-resolution energy consumption data from a large, representative sample of
homes is critical for research, but low response rates, sample bias and high recruitment …