Report: Reduction of Electric Energy Consumption in Western Australia

This report focuses on the reduction of electric energy consumption in Western Australia, addressing the rising costs of electricity and the need for households to reassess their energy usage. The report utilizes the Osborn-Parnes CPS Process to identify the problem, analyze existing literature, and propose solutions. It reviews articles discussing energy management in residential settings, smart metering for energy efficiency, and the role of government initiatives. The report highlights the importance of smart meters, renewable energy sources like solar and wind, and behavioral changes to achieve energy conservation. It concludes that efficient energy systems, including smart grids and residential energy management, are crucial for reducing electricity consumption and lowering costs for households in Western Australia. The report also discusses the impact of high electricity consumption and the importance of energy-efficient technologies, and it underscores the benefits of using renewable energy sources.

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Reduction of Electric Energy Consumption in Western Australia
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
2. Discussion....................................................................................................................................2
3. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................6

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1. Introduction
The rising prices of electric power is a major concern for the common household and
many other sections of people. This kind of important concern prompts different other
households to relook into their energy consumption and thus change their way of living.
Although there is a high need to lower the electric bills by changing the ways of living, each and
every household should decide on some strategies that would be used in place in order to be used
for the use of electric appliances (Reduce energy bills energy.gov.au, 2019). Each of the
household situations have different needs and hence the changing needs of each household in
terms of electric consumption is also different.
2. Discussion
In this literature review, the Osborn-Parnes CPS Process is used for identifying the facts
of problem. In this process, the decision making process made by an individual would mostly be
influenced with the help of knowledge and different kinds of past experiences that have occurred
over the years. One of the most important way of solving different problems is based on the
application of a creative problem solving (CPS) process.
In the present scenario, the literature review is based on using the Osborn-Parnes CPS
Process for the identification of the problem, finding of facts, analysis over the problems, finding
of ideas and evaluation of over the presented idea. The problem is in relation to the fact of
reducing electric energy consumption in Western Australia. The current literature under review
is ‘Cost-effective and comfort-aware residential energy management under different pricing
schemes and weather conditions’. In this article, Anvari-Moghaddam, Monsef and Rahimi-Kian
(2015) have focused over the operation and planning based on production of energy and the units

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of consumption of electricity within household. This paper also puts the major amount of focus
on the facts on saving of energy in the residential sector. They have also applied the different
processes of energy management for conserving energy in different buildings. In this article, a
certain model of mixed integer is being proposed based on scheduling of optimal energy within a
smart low energy house. The problem of scheduling is mostly implemented in an M-G
environment. It is thus formulated with a wind farm, utility, an underfloor heating/ cooling
system and a solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and a battery system.
Another article of discussion is based on ‘Smart metering for Residential Energy
Efficiency’. The article presented by Anda and Temmen (2014) have been able to explain about
the ways in which a large urban electricity replacement program could help in achieving a
reduction in the demand of peak and consumption of overall energy. The energy consumption
could be used based on advanced metering infrastructure or smart meters that would be coupled
with community-based social networking (CBSM). This would result in the progression of smart
grid systems (Mattiussi, Rosano & Simeoni, 2014). The actions based on energy saving and
increasing the efficiency of energy could be increased by discussing with the householders
during the process of eco-coaching. Other kind of feedback would also be gained by
communicating. The gathered information would be helpful for solving the problem with the
help of Osborn-Parnes CPS Process to remove the barriers and increase benefits. The
consumption of electricity would be able to show distinct form of temporal patterns on a daily,
seasonal and an annual basis. The benefits based on the smart grid could only be achieved with
the engagement of the end users (Bulkeley, McGuirk & Dowling, 2016). The actions that can be
taken for energy consumption could include different initiatives that includes the use of reduced
form of cost solar PV power systems.

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In order to reduce the high consumption of electricity, the Government body of Australia
mainly puts emphasis over the reduction in the consumption of energy by ensuring good design
of the systems. It would also be advised by the government that the people residing in the
country should make use of energy efficient technologies and also change their behavior by
focusing over the conservation of energy. Instead the Government mostly puts emphasis upon
focusing on renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy (Energy YourHome, 2019).
Most of the electricity that is gathered is from coal-fired power stations that are able to release
higher levels of carbon dioxide and different pollutants within the atmosphere.
In order to understand the consumption of electricity in the households of Australia, a
new technology such as ‘smart meters’ should be installed. These smart meters offers a wide
range of capabilities that are not present in the traditional installed meters. The smart meters
comprise of in-home displays that help in providing information based on real-time use of energy
and costing that would be useful for guiding the behavior of people in saving energy (Haidar,
Muttaqi & Sutanto, 2015). The data collected in these smart meters could be transmitted to
mobile devices and computers. These households could also install photovoltaic systems that
could be used for enhancing zero greenhouse gas emission to businesses and homes across the
country. Batteries and inverters could also be used as they are able to store energy for later use
during the time of demand (Cominola et al., 2015). The grid connected systems mainly consist of
energy source, which are meter and inverter. These stand-alone systems mainly comprise of an
energy source, inverter, battery charger and a fuel generator for the purpose of providing backup
of power.

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3. Conclusion
Based on the understanding of the topic, it could be concluded that the use of efficient
energy systems would be useful for conserving of electric energy. His report thus discusses about
the various kind of impacts that are made with the high consumption of electricity. High
electricity consumption leads to several problems such as higher electric bills and many
problems for the common household. The report focuses on literatures that support the topic of
energy conservation in the Australian household. The report thus focuses over the use of the
impact of smart metering, photovoltaic cells, batteries and inverters that could be used for saving
most of the electricity that is spent over electricity.

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Anvari-Moghaddam, A., Monsef, H., & Rahimi-Kian, A. (2015). Cost-effective and comfort-
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Bulkeley, H., McGuirk, P. M., & Dowling, R. (2016). Making a smart city for the smart grid?
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Mattiussi, A., Rosano, M., & Simeoni, P. (2014). A decision support system for sustainable
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