An Interactive Analysis Tool for Household Electricity Consumption: A Case Study Sudan

Abstract

There is a dramatic increase in electricity consumption in many countries specifically in the residential sector. In Sudan, residential buildings responsible for 54% of the total electricity consumption and it is still in growth. There is a lack of energy efficiency studies and knowledge to be provided for consumers. Most people don’t know how much electricity they are consuming for different reasons and they are unaware of the potential electrical consumption reduction level they could make by changing their behaviours or investing in new efficient technology. Feedback on electricity consumption may provide a textbf{{tool for consumers to better control their consumption and ultimately giving them useful indicators for saving electricity. Therefore, this paper comes to enhance the ability of consumers to reduce their electricity consumption by developing an interactive analysis tool to help the consumers to collect and analyse their electricity consumption data. The remarkable point is that the results generated by the ECA tool have been presented in texts, graphs, and tables to be more effective and clear for the users. The interactive tool has been evaluated using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), which is one of the most widely accepted models in the adoption of new technologies. The evaluation results show that the users in terms of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use accepted the interactive electricity analysis tool.