Models, methods and practical recommendations for optimizing energy consumption in households

An approach to optimizing energy consumption in households is considered, which makes it possible to reduce the labor intensity of calculations by active consumers of economically beneficial modes of household appliances. On the basis of the analysis of the applied methods of optimization of energy consumption modes, the reasons limiting the use of these methods in the practice of households are revealed. One is the availability of data on optimized appliances and constraints. The formalization of the requirements for the modes of use of household appliances with cyclic, thermostatic and combined modes of operation has been completed. The features of the formation of constraints in the problem of linear programming are shown and a methodology for optimizing the modes is proposed, which is available due to labor intensity to an active consumer. The results of modeling are presented, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed method.