Many utility companies have installed Smart Meters (SMs) for residential and commercial buildings in the U.S., which are the part of the Smart Grid (SG) that integrates the electricity grid with communication networks. Along with the growing interest in SMs, the development of the wireless technologies and smart phones has accelerated the applications of Home Automation Devices (HADs) that can also communicate with SMs and smart phones. However, there are few if any previous studies that analyze the potential energy saving opportunities for homeowners from HADs using interval data recorded by SMs. Therefore, this paper presents five new pre-screening analysis methods that use interval energy consumption data to better characterize building energy use for the residential customers who want energy savings from the use of HADs before they are installed. This paper is part of a larger study that estimated and measured energy savings from the use of HADs with smart meter data.

许多公用事业公司已在美国为住宅和商业建筑安装了智能电表（SM），这是将电网与通信网络集成在一起的智能电网（SG）的一部分。随着对SM的日益增长的兴趣，无线技术和智能电话的发展加速了家庭自动化设备（HAD）的应用，这些设备也可以与SM和智能电话进行通信。但是，几乎没有以前的研究使用SM记录的间隔数据来分析HAD房主的潜在节能机会。因此，本文介绍了五种新的预筛选分析方法，这些方法使用间隔能耗数据来更好地表征那些希望在安装HAD之前通过使用HAD进行节能的住宅用户的建筑能耗。本文是一项较大研究的一部分，该研究估计和测量了将HAD与智能电表数据一起使用所节省的能源。