Title :
A WSN-based testbed for energy efficiency in buildings
Author :
Corucci, Francesco ; Anastasi, Giuseppe ; Marcelloni, Francesco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
fDate :
June 28 2011-July 1 2011
Abstract :
Residential and business buildings account for a large fraction of the overall world energy consumption. Despite the high energy costs and the raising awareness about the impact on climate changes, a significant part of energy consumption in buildings is still due to an improper use of electrical appliances. In this paper we propose GreenBuilding, a sensor-based system for automated power management of electrical appliances in a building. We implemented GreenBuilding as a prototype system and deployed it in a real household scenario to perform a prolonged experimental analysis. The obtained results show that GreenBuilding is able to provide significant energy savings by using appropriate energy conservation strategies tailored to specific appliances.
Keywords :
building management systems; energy conservation; environmental factors; wireless sensor networks; GreenBuilding; WSN-based testbed; automated power management; business buildings; electrical appliances; energy efficiency; residential buildings; sensor-based system; Buildings; Electrical products; Energy consumption; Green products; Home appliances; Monitoring; Sensors; WSNs; building energy efficiency; building management system; energy awareness;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2011 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kerkyra
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0680-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1346
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2011.5983971