In order for a simulation for a dorm's power usage to be realistic, it is important to have a clear idea of what types of appliances a typical dorm room would have and the power that these devices use under different uses. The best way to create a realistic spreadsheet of usage data would be to find the periods where students are in their dorms and using the most energy. Then we could simulate "turning on" and "turning off" different devices which would give us data that would resemble what real power usage in a dorm would be like. Incorporating this knowledge with a realistic algorithm for energy use during different times of the day and different days of the week will give us good data which can be very useful to see if different projects are working correctly with reasonable information.
This is a wiki page which contains a chart of different devices and their power usage in standby, average load, max load, and when turned off. This page will be updated with new appliances and more data as it becomes available.
The wiki page can be reached by clicking
here.
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