AUR: A Unit to Relate : Regulating Air Conditioning Use with IoT to address social disparity in urban Indian homes

Abstract

We present an IoT based new energy service concept, as a product service system for residential contexts of urban India. The service as demand side energy management regulates air conditioning energy use through pre-paid measures, automation and flexible capacity for generating savings up to 20%. From this pool of savings, the service extends into an alternative offering to its customers for addressing a particular concern of social disparity within their homes in urban India. By describing the service components, the context of use and survey results of such a hybrid IoT service offering, we present the potential for combining energy savings and demand side management while provisioning social capital to customers for addressing social disparity within their homes.