Electric Energy Management in the Smart Home: Perspectives on Enabling Technologies and Consumer Behavior

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Proceedings of the IEEE

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2013.2270172· OSTI ID:1096112

Zipperer, Adam; Aloise-Young, Patricia A.; Suryanarayanan, Siddharth; Roche, Robin; Earle, Lieko; Christensen, Dane; Bauleo, Pablo; Zimmerle, Daniel

Smart homes hold the potential for increasing energy efficiency, decreasing costs of energy use, decreasing the carbon footprint by including renewable resources, and transforming the role of the occupant. At the crux of the smart home is an efficient electric energy management system that is enabled by emerging technologies in the electric grid and consumer electronics. This article presents a discussion of the state-of-the-art in electricity management in smart homes, the various enabling technologies that will accelerate this concept, and topics around consumer behavior with respect to energy usage.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1096112
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA-5500-57586
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the IEEE, Journal Name: Proceedings of the IEEE Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 101; ISSN 0018-9219
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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