Advanced Metering Initiatives and Residential Feedback Programs: A Meta-Review for Household Electricity-Saving Opportunities
May 31, 2010
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Kat A. Donnelly, John A. "Skip" Laitner
This study investigates the ways in which feedback and advanced metering initiatives (AMI) can reduce energy consumption in the residential sector. The report describes the problem of energy resource invisibility, residential energy consumption, the advanced metering infrastructure, residential sector feedback technologies, and potential nationwide feedback-induced energy savings. The document includes a meta-review of 57 primary research studies.