Title :
Electrical design of 21st century smart Homes
Author :
Moghadam, Meisam Nesary ; Taheri, Hossein
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
By the beginning of 21st century, developing smart and energy efficient environments has gained pace, leading to new ideas like smart grids. Having smart Homes and residential areas is the first step of this evolution. In this paper we provide some design considerations of smart and green homes, mainly focusing on energy management and efficiency solutions. We also mentioned the drawbacks in developing such technologies in Iran and provide suggestions to accelerate this evolution.
Keywords :
design engineering; smart power grids; 21st century smart homes; Iran; electrical design; energy efficiency solutions; energy efficient environments; energy management; residential areas; smart environments; smart grids; Cogeneration; Green products; Lighting; Sensors; Smart grids; Smart homes; green engineering; renewable energies; smart grids; smart homes;
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grids (ICSG), 2012 2nd Iranian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tehran
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1399-5
