Analysis of residential standby power demand control through a psychological model of demand

Standby energy is actually one of the largest electrical end use with the largest potential energy savings in the residential sector. In the paper, a model of the residential customer´s demand using a bottom-up approach, implemented in a load simulator, has been used in order to evaluate the impact of standby end users on Italian average households´ daily load shape. Finally, some more diffuse standby power demand management options have been simulated thus allowing predict possible impacts directly on daily load shape.