With the development of economy and changes in the diversity of human life, the fields of
information technology, energy saving, emission reduction, Internet of things (IoTs), as well …

All machines from jet engines to microprocessors generate heat, as do manufacturing
processes ranging from steel to food production. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are solid …

A thermoelectric energy harvester powered wireless sensor networks (WSNs) module
designed for building energy management (BEM) applications is built and tested in this …

As an integral part of smart grids and smart cities, nowadays smart building is one of the
most promising areas of research to address the challenges of global environmental and …

As an important component of the smart grid on the user side, a home energy management
system is the core of optimal operation for a smart home. In this paper, the energy …

In the past few years, several case studies have illustrated that the use of occupancy
information in buildings leads to energy-efficient and low-cost HVAC operation. The widely …

In recent years, there has been an increasing number of information technologies utilized in
buildings to advance the idea of" smart buildings". Among various potential techniques, the …

Sensor systems for the Internet of Things (IoT) make it possible to continuously monitor
people, gathering information without any extra effort from them. Thus, the IoT can be very …

In this work we present and evaluate a multi-source power management system, based on
human body energy harvesting, to extend the battery lasting of an electronic sensory glove …

When examining density control learning methods for wireless sensor nodes, control time is
often long and power consumption is usually very high. This paper proposes a node density …