Automatic Processing of User-Generated Content for the Description of Energy-Consuming Activities at Individual and Group Level

Understanding and improving the energy consumption behavior of individuals is considered a powerful approach to improve energy conservation and stimulate energy efficiency. To motivate people to change their energy consumption behavior, we need to have a thorough understanding of which energy-consuming activities they perform and how these...

Automatic Processing of User-Generated Content for the Description of Energy-Consuming Activities at Individual and Group Level

Our world population is increasing significantly resulting in a growing energy demand while the earth is running out if natural resources. This expanded energy demand directly affects climate change. Hence, there is an urgent need to move towards urban sustainability and to reduce our energy consumption. This calls upon a behavioral change in...