Using wireless sensor networks for energy-aware homes in smart grids

Authors:
Melike Erol-Kantarci;Hussein T. Mouftah
Affiliations:
School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada;School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Venue:
ISCC '10 Proceedings of the The IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Smart grids aim to integrate recent advances in communications and information technologies to renovate the existing power grid. In smart grids, consumers can generate energy and sell it to the utilities. Moreover, they can avoid consumption during peak hours which helps reducing the peak load on the grid. Energy-aware homes can aid consumers to manage their demand and supply profile. In this paper, we propose Appliance Coordination with Feed In (ACORD-FI) scheme for such energy-aware smart homes. We show that ACORD-FI decreases the cost of energy consumption of home appliances, significantly.