Improving energy efficiency and encouraging flexible use of energy is a necessary link in the UK's policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It needs to adopt management intelligent technology, including sending use information of energy from the demander or customer to energy companies through smart tables, which can be used to formulate and implement more efficient energy use regulations. However, British consumers have different attitudes towards this. When the technology is used to monitor and support energy efficient use behavior, the energy data of residents and families have to be passively shared. 
60% of respondents said they were unwilling to reduce the proportion of personal energy use due to passive data sharing.
 the passive sharing of personal energy related data may become a major obstacle to the promotion of intelligent technology.