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Design and Implementation of a Cloud-IoT-Based Home Energy Management System
Felipe Condon1, José M Martínez1, Ali M Eltamaly2,3
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso 2390123, Chile.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 8, 2023
Summary
This study presents a home energy management system (HEMS) using IoT and cloud technologies. Both local and cloud-based HEMS effectively collect and manage household energy consumption data.
Area of Science:
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Sustainable Energy
Background:
- Advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing enable smart grid applications.
- Efficient energy consumption management is crucial with increasing IoT device adoption.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and implement a home energy management system (HEMS) for collecting and storing appliance and whole-home energy data.
- To compare a local, edge-based HEMS with a cloud-based HEMS utilizing AWS IoT Core.
Main Methods:
- Developed two HEMS scenarios: a local, internet-isolated system and a cloud-based system using AWS IoT Core.
- Conducted a one-year testbed in a real Chilean household, collecting data from four appliances and the main load at a 10-second sampling rate.
- Utilized smart plugs for appliance data and a data logger as a smart meter for the main load.
Main Results:
- Both local and cloud-based HEMS implementations successfully performed core tasks: data collection, storage, and control.
- The study provides the first known electrical energy dataset at a 10-second resolution from a real household in Valparaiso, Chile.
Conclusions:
- The technical implementation of the HEMS is detailed, facilitating further research and development in smart home energy solutions.
- This work supports the development of HEMS for various smart home applications, contributing to efficient energy management.
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