Over the last two decades, water smart metering programs have been launched in a number
of medium to large cities worldwide to nearly continuously monitor water consumption at the …

Rapid population growth and economic prosperity among other factors are exacerbating
existing water stress in the east and southeast regions of England, hence, the water sector is …

This paper aims to address two timely energy problems. First, significant low-cost energy
reductions can be made in the residential and commercial sectors, but these savings have …

Capturing fine-grained hand activity could make computational experiences more powerful
and contextually aware. Indeed, philosopher Immanuel Kant argued," the hand is the visible …

Heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) is the largest source of residential energy
consumption. In this paper, we demonstrate how to use cheap and simple sensing …

The promise of smart environments and the Internet of Things (IoT) relies on robust sensing
of diverse environmental facets. Traditional approaches rely on direct and distributed …

This paper presents ElectriSense, a new solution for automatically detecting and classifying
the use of electronic devices in a home from a single point of sensing. ElectriSense relies on …

In families composed of parents and children, the health of parents and children is often
interrelated: the health of children can have an impact on the health of parents, and vice …

A smart home is a residence equipped with technology that observes the residents and
provides proactive services. Most recently, it has been introduced as a potential solution to …

Nowadays, the importance of energy management and optimization by means of smart
devices has arisen as an important issue. On the other hand, the intelligent application of …