Scheduling of electrical loads in home automation systems

In this paper we propose a novel approach to schedule electric loads with the aim of reducing households' energy cost or CO 2 emission with acceptable change in comfort. The approach involves both shifting households' electrical loads to times when the electricity prices or CO 2 intensitie...

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Published in2015 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) pp. 1307 - 1312
Main Authors Lennvall, Tomas, Rizvanovic, Larisa, Stoll, Pia
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2015
Subjects
Automation
Buildings
Carbon dioxide
Costs
Electrical load
Electricity costs
Electricity prices
Embedded systems
Energy management
Environmental comfort
Heating
Home appliances
Home automation
Home automation systems
Load modeling
Resource-constrained embedded systems
Schedules
Scheduling
Service provider
Smart appliances
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Summary:In this paper we propose a novel approach to schedule electric loads with the aim of reducing households' energy cost or CO 2 emission with acceptable change in comfort. The approach involves both shifting households' electrical loads to times when the electricity prices or CO 2 intensities are low, and reducing households' electrical loads at times when electricity prices or CO 2 intensities are high. This approach assumes availability of day ahead hourly data of CO 2 emissions and/or electricity cost from the external service provider. We categorize energy loads in two groups; constant and one-shot loads. Constant loads ensure environmental comfort for a consumer (e.g., heating, ventilation), while one-shot loads have a more dynamic nature (e.g., smart appliances, EV charging). Our approach is a best effort approach suitable for resource constrained embedded systems.
ISBN:9781467381833
1467381837
ISSN:2161-8070
2161-8089
DOI:10.1109/CoASE.2015.7294279