Energy saving is an important issue in the times of increasing energy prices. Products and
services provided by the information and communication technology (ICT) can support …

In the context of implementing the smart grid, electric energy consumption, generation
resources, energy storage, plug-in electric vehicles, should be managed and optimized in a …

Global warming is one of the most serious issues faced by today's world. The increase in
world population and adoption of modern lifestyle have dramatically increased the demand …

In order to investigate how uncertainty affects microgrid operation, a fundamental stochastic
structure is provided in this research. The proposed random structure simulates load …

The complexity of the power system keeps growing due to the penetration of alternative
sources of electric energy such as solar plant and wind farm to meet the growing demand for …

A method for a personal emergency response system includes receiving output signals of a
nonintrusive load monitoring (NILM) system coupled to an electrical supply of an person's …

This paper presents a cost optimization scheme for an electricity aggregator. The aggregator
schedules the charging of the energy storages of its aggregated group of consumers to …

Designing an effective and efficient intelligent interactive system for energy conservation in
domestic environment requires considerable deliberations on tradeoffs of meeting the …

This paper presents the design and implementation of a programmable load emulator that
has the ability to emulate the active power-versus-time load data collected using smart …

Energy management systems and smart measuring devices at residential level have
received significant research attention in the past years. Most of the technological …