User Analysis

Home owners
Shared home users, with roommates
- This user group focuses on young adults who share a residence with roommates. Although the roommates may have different life styles and energy consumption patterns, they usually receive one gross energy bill each month, and evenly split up the cost. Many users in this group want to know more fine-grained information that correlates to each individual’s profile.
- Users in this group can be tech-savvy. They are up to date with new technologies. Many are familiar with smart phones and tablets, and others can quickly learn how to use them.
- People in this group are often ordinary users of energy consuming devices. They don’t have detailed knowledge on how much different devices consume, but are curious to know.
- Saving energy and saving money are always welcome in this user group.
Business users
- To accommodate business users, features have to be scalable to larger numbers and different types of devices

Task Analysis