Over the next 3 years Onics will be a part of the Horizon 2020 project HESTIA. Abbreviated from Holistic dEmand response Services for European residenTIAl communities, HESTIA aims to encourage residents to engage in energy consumption practices that are more efficient, flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective.
Moving towards sustainable residential demand response practices
Demand Response as a concept is steadily becoming more popular. However, it is still mostly limited to large facilities in the commercial and industrial sectors. Therefore, there is large gap for integrating and exploring the potential of demand response strategies among residential areas.
Invoking user engagement and behavioral change, in terms of electricity consumption, among members of the society if often impeded by technology acceptance, use, and effectiveness. This presents a need for new tools and procedures which stimulate the consumer interest and involvement in adapting their consumption patterns to more sustainable alternatives.