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He would share these energy-management tasks with a small number of other employees. The application should provide a secure interface for allowing to grant access to multiple users.
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- Present the smart devices available in the facility in an organized manner
- Aggregated consumption information of the entire facility is easily accessible
- Aggregated consumption information for each device is easily accessible
- Allow consumption information be broke up by time periods
Users should be able to monitor the current energy consumption of each device. They should also be able to view historical usage information for each device, broken up by time period, and see aggregated usage information for groups of devices.
In order for users to interpret the data, they will require a basic understanding of energy and the units it is measured in. They will also need to know which devices are being monitored by the application.
The information should be clearly labeled and units should be provided. Each device should be recognizably named, and devices should be able to be organized into user-defined, named groups. Users will often want to get a quick, high-level view of their consumption patterns, so the information should be easily glanceable.
Control devices
- Present an interface for user to control the devices, such as turning them on/off or changing settings
Users should be able to control devices from the application, turning them on and off or changing their settings.
In order to perform this task, users will need to understand the functionality of a device and the meaning of its settings. When choosing settings, users may take into account the current status of the device (for instance, is the dishwasher currently washing dishes?), its current and historical usage information, and the pricing information provided by the grid.
View price information received from grid
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