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A completely effective technology for monitoring energy consumption and switching patterns of multiple electrical loads is desired yet not available. While parallel metering of multiple loads is possible, it is rarely cost effective and requires several installations and maintenance checks that disrupt a monitored business or residence. This report describes how non-intrusive monitoring methods for residences have been extended with several novel techniques to identify electrical loads and measure energy consumed by each.
Cole et al. (Wed,) studied this question.