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Smart energy management is a key research area and many strategies that enable control between household appliances and multi-power switching have been examined. However, a limitation of such strategies is that they enable automatic control of household appliances to avoid electricity interruptions and employ renewable energy sources to reduce electricity costs. For proper energy management to be...
The work gives a report about the design of an energy saving system using a Passive Infrared Radio sensor to switch ‘off fan and light circuits in the classroom in the absence of students. When a student enters the classroom, the Infrared energy emitted from the living body is focused by the Fresnel lens segment and the PIR sensors activate and give to the microcontroller which acts as power saving...
Intelligent building energy management systems or smart building are gaining increasing attention amongst researchers and the society at large. There is an ever growing clamor for energy conservation both with a view of reducing carbon footprint and conserving natural resources. Recent reports have shown that buildings account for a large percentage of energy consumed in any given society; therefore...
A considerable aspect of smart home design and applications require active user participation especially in demand response programs. Some users due to their behavior and conditions might participate more actively than others. This implies that if a third party organization wishes to invest in demand response programs and smart energy systems, there will be a need to evaluate user response capabilities...
Accurate and detailed energy demand estimates are crucial to achieving adequate energy infrastructure planning. These estimates are often non-existent or deficient in many developing countries, and consequently, electricity supply is unreliable. A novel approach for estimating electricity demand is presented. Our approach uses a global geographical population database with 1km2 spatial resolution...
Zambia has faced economic challenges since the beginning of 2015. The economy has come under strain in 2015 due to climate change. As a result, the water levels in the main source of electricity, the Kariba Dam, have dropped. This has caused a critical power deficit. This problem has negatively affected the economy and has further resulted in reduced GDP for the country. Solar energy is a possible...
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