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Sustainable Home Energy Management Systems
Sustainable home energy management is the process of monitoring and optimizing energy consumption to minimize energy usage in a house or building.
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Dedicated house energy management systems are composed of both hardware and software that are designed to monitor, provide feedback, and to control energy usage of the devices in a house or a building. The system enables house or building owners to cut down energy wastage and also save on electricity bills.
The residential sector accounts for a considerable percentage of the global energy consumption, almost 29%. And with energy management becoming a crucial parameter for reducing carbon footprint, energy supply & demand in the houses must be addressed accordingly.
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Energy Consumption Trends
The following are some important trends in domestic energy consumption that make home energy management systems vital.
All electric shift
New forms of loads
Work-from-home policies
Households have usually used a combination of energy sources (gas, oil, and electricity) to power loads, but this is switching to purely electric.
Technologies are facilitating new load types in the house, such as EVs, smart devices, energyefficient rating appliances etc.
Recent work-from-home (WFH) practices are considerably accountable for the increase in household energy use.
Key Functions of a Home Energy Management System
Real-time energy monitoring Turn loads on/off based on availability Device on/off alert Load control optimization Load control based on weather insights Energy bill & CO2 tracking
Top Companies Involved
Latest Tech - Products
With ABB's Everything-off function, one can leave the house without worrying whether all of the lights are turned off. With the smart everything-off function, anyone can turn off all lights with the touch of a finger.
Schneider Electric has launched "Schneider Home," a first-of-its-kind easy, smart, and sustainable solution for homeowners looking for energy savings. Schneider consists of solar inverter, connected light switches, sockets etc.
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Pic: Everything-off function
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The Metasys® automation system from Johnson Controls provides intelligent and energyefficient solution. The system integrates HVAC, lighting, and other systems on a single platform to help people make smarter energy decisions.
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Emerson's SensiTM Predict smart HVAC is an innovative 10-sensor system that can cut HVAC expenses in a building or home by up to 20%.
Pic: Metasys
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The Honeywell's intelligent thermostat with RedLINK® room sensor gives control over building cooling and heating systems. The thermostat can also reduce monthly energy costs as it is energy-efficient.
Enel X HOMIX is an AI-powered voiceactivated smart home technology. It is an energy-management solution for smart homes that enables users to adjust their heating, lighting, and other home systems with only a few taps on an app.
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The Bosch "Energy Manager" is a home energy management system. It integrates with the photovoltaic system in order to intelligently and automatically distribute solar energy around the home.
NEC Energy Management Systems are smart systems that monitor and control household energy consumption. NEC eMS is able to control and optimize energy efficiency by monitoring energy usage.
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Notable Patents
Title: Systems & methods for predicting customer compliance with demand response requests
EP2652855B1
Assignee: ABB Ltd
The present invention refers to a demand response system for reducing electricity demand during times of peak demand. Demand response can be referred to actions taken by the system or its users to temporarily reduce the peak electricity demand.
Title: Software-defined master system for smart buildings
US20220136722A1
Assignee: Schneider Electric Buildings LLC
The present invention relates to a smart building automation system. The objective of the system is to optimize efficiency by balancing the need for energy efficiency of the building with the comfort of the occupants.
Title: Smart thermostat with model predictive control
US10495337B2
Assignee: Johnson Controls LLP
Title: Context-aware smart home energy manager
US20160277207A1
The present invention refers to a smart thermostat that automatically determine optimal temperature setpoints for a thermostat. The thermostat will also be responsible for controlling the cost of heating/cooling of the building zone.
The present invention relates to a context-aware smart home energy manager where the system dynamically schedules household energy use to reduce energy consumption by identifying contextual information of the household and user activity level.
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc
Title: Energy monitoring and management security system
US8760258B2
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
The present invention refers to a energy monitoring system that includes monitoring device configured to monitor the power usage. The proposed energy monitoring security system can determine abnormal operation of the monitored electrical devices
Key Takeaways
In the near future, sustainable home energy management systems may provide significant potential to control household energy usage by allowing users to track their energy consumption, communicate that data to linked other devices, and act on received instructions.
Assignees like ABB Ltd, Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, Emerson, Honeywell, Siemens, Enel X, Robert Bosch and NEC are seen to be active in the domain.
Innovations are mainly focused on AI energy management systems, single application/platform to control or monitor household devices and many more.
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