E-SAVE: Saving energy by smart serves

The Smart Grid holds promise for transforming the behavior of individuals and communities towards a more efficient and greener use of electric power. There is a growing demand for non-intrusive monitoring of energy consumption behavior at multiple scales and also for autonomous energy saving opportunities for both individuals and communities. In this demo, we present a sentient service framework for a smart application, named E-SAVE that aims to monitor activities by a user or community and configure the environment of devices for a smarter energy usage. The key building block to the smart application capability is context aware activity monitoring and energy usage optimization by recognizing appropriate energy-usage patterns pertaining to various activities, areas, and devices. We have developed the E-SAVE prototype system to monitor the usage of energy by a user or community and configure the environment of devices for smart usage of energy.