Energy technology and everyday life - The domestication of Ebox in Norwegian households

Panel: Panel 4: Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings

Author:
Margrethe Aune, SINTEF Industrial Management

Abstract

This paper will analyse a test project introducing an energy technology called Ebox, involving a selected group of private households. The Ebox is a technology developed to monitor and administer residential electrical equipment. Not only the owner of the house can monitor the technologies. Two parties are involved. The house-owner has, through the Internet, control over every technological device that is connected to an Ebox. This gives him/her the possibility to plan and administer the use of electricity, for instance indoor temperature. Because the electrical devices are accessible through the Internet, the owner of the electricity network can monitor both the details and the total amount of electricity used in a certain area. In agreement with the customer, the network owner may control a possible load factor by taking over the private energy administration for a short time. In the paper I will analyse the introduction and integration of the Ebox with the theoretical concepts of script and domestication.