The 'SmartNIALMeter' electrical appliance disaggregation dataset.

Electrical disaggregation, also known as non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) or non-intrusive appliance load monitoring (NIALM), attempts to recognize the energy consumption of single electrical appliances from the aggregated signal. This capability unlocks several applications, such as giving feedback to users regarding their energy consumption patterns or helping distribution system operators (DSOs) to recognize loads which could be shifted to stabilize the electrical grid. The project "SmartNIALMeter" brought together universities, companies and DSOs and involved the collection of a large data corpus comprising 20 buildings with a total of 100 electrical appliances for a period of up to two years at a sampling interval of five seconds.