Optimization of energy use is a vital concept in providing solutions to many of the energy
challenges in our world today. Large chemical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and …

The ultimate goal of sustainable homes and buildings is to work towards energy efficiency
automatically taking into account user comfort always acknowledging the residents' desires …

This paper describes one solution of an intelligent home networking system for residential
energy monitoring and controlling which consists of wirelessly controlled light dimmer …

Building automation systems (BAS) provide automatic control of indoor environments
conditions. Their primary goal is to realize significant energy savings, to reduce costs and to …

Concerns about climate change, dwindling legacy energy sources and an aging and under-
invested power grid has lead to pressing energy management focus from governments …

Recently due to major changes in the structure of electricity industry and the rising costs of
power generation, many countries have realized the potential and benefits of smart metering …

The adoption of smart environments is becoming more and more important in many
applicative scenarios such as healthcare, asset management, environmental monitoring …

Residential power consumption and the increasing environmental pollution emitted from the
electric generators have lead to the energy management focus. To minimize the power …

Reduction of energy consumption in buildings is presently a key aspect with respect to the
reduction of CO 2 emissions which is increasing every day its importance. Energy saving …

Energy management systems have been developed in order to achieve goal of energy
efficiency in the focused areas. Home simulation is one of the tools that can simulate …