METHOD FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION

摘要

The method is providing an energy saving service. Customers (11) of a household (12) participate in an energy saving service (30) provided by a service provider (26). The household prepays an amount for energy consumption in a subsequent time period. The customers determine at an end of a time period whether actual energy consumption during the time period is less than a reference energy-consumption (48). The household is rewarded (70) with service points corresponding to a difference between the actual energy consumption and the reference energy consumption.