EDMI Home
Energy Consumption Tracking App
About
This project was carried out during my placement year at EDMI Europe. The brief was to improve their mobile touch point. EDMI Home uses data from smart meters and sensors to help users reduce their bills through better insights, budgeting and heating control.
Stats
50 million UK households are expected to be fitted with smart meters by the end of 2020. All of which will have in-home display. Households on average saves only around £32 a year from having an in-home display. Smart meters will cost each household around £420. 60% of the in-home displays deployed are not in used within a year. Consumers either find them useless, annoying or in the way.
Nathan Cowley
age 42, Mechanical Engineer, East Sussex
Him, his pregnant wife and his 10 year old son live in a 3 bedroom house. They have recently had their utility company come in a and install smart meters.
Nathan is a senior mechanical engineer for a small firm. He has long but regular work hours.
He considers himself a technology enthusiast and welcomes new technology. On the other hand, his wife is not as competent.
User Insights
Pain Points:
- Nathan finds in-home display useless as it is just an unintelligent screen.
- He is unable to check his energy bills when he is away on a business trip.
- He doesn’t know whether or not his energy usage is appropriate for the size of his house.
Motivation:
• Nathan wants to save up money for his son and unborn child.
Task Goals:
- Nathan wants to know how to reduce his household’s energy bills.
- He wants to be able to check his bills when he’s not at home.
- He wants to know more about his home energy efficiency.
Experience Goals:
- Nathan wants to feel that he is in-control of his energy bills.
- He enjoys knowing all the details and insights.
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