Smart home energy management system using Internet of Things
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2022-05
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Abstract
Global energy demand is increasing rapidly, and carbon dioxide emissions and
global warming have become a worldwide central issue, prompting many countries to
switch to renewable energy sources. However, the integration of variable renewable energy
sources into the power grid, on the other hand, is posing technical issues to the traditional
grids. Since residential and commercial buildings account for 40% of the national energy
consumption and are still increasing due to population growth, the monitoring information
for the deployed grids that serve them is only available on the operator side. Thus, there is
a need to counteract the existing grid architecture by having a system that integrates
renewable energy sources and has demand-side customer-driven management. There has
been tremendous growth in the energy sector in recent years, where smart grid technology
was invented and continuously improved. Through this project, a prototype of a smart home
energy management system using the Internet of Things that integrates renewable energy
sources and is customer-driven is designed and built. The system monitors the
environmental conditions in the rooms like temperature and light intensity and the occupancy and controls the electrical appliances, respectively. It also shifts the loads to an
energy storage battery during peak hours.
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Capstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, May 2022
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Capstone project
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power monitoring