A Profile Based Energy Management System for Domestic Electrical Appliances

Climate change is one of the driving forces behind a new wave of energy management systems. Most of the currently available energy management systems in domestic environment are concerned with real-time energy consumption monitoring, and display of statistical and real time data of energy consumption. Although these systems play a crucial role in providing a detailed picture of energy consumption in home environment and contribute towards influencing the energy consumption behavior of household, they all leave it to households to take appropriate measures to reduce their energy consumption. Some energy management systems do provide general energy saving tips but they do not consider the household profiles and energy consumption profiles of home appliances. The proposed system attempts to address this issue by taking into account household profiles and energy consumption profiles of electrical appliances. The motivation behind this approach is to provide households effective advice on their energy consumption by enabling them to take focused and effective actions towards efficient energy use.