A Low Cost System for Home Energy Consumption Awareness

Abstract. One of the main reasons of domestic energy waste is due to occupants’ habits, since they are often not aware of the energy they are consuming. This paper presents a low cost system for home energy consumption awareness. The first prototype considers electrical energy and uses only two sensors: one to monitor energy produced by solar panels and one to monitor consumed energy. A visualization shows people their consumption patterns in order to make them aware of energy consumption and change their habits to save energy.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2015
• Where: AMI
• Authors: Paolo Buono
• Keywords: AMI 2015, Artificial Intelligence