title: Heterogeneous collaborative sensor network for electrical management of an automated house with PV energy.
abstract: In this paper we present a heterogeneous collaborative sensor network for electrical management in the residential sector. Improving demand-side management is very important in distributed energy generation applications. Sensing and control are the foundations of the "Smart Grid" which is the future of large-scale energy management. The system presented in this paper has been developed on a self-sufficient solar house called "MagicBox" equipped with grid connection, PV generation, lead-acid batteries, controllable appliances and smart metering. Therefore, there is a large number of energy variables to be monitored that allow us to precisely manage the energy performance of the house by means of collaborative sensors. The experimental results, performed on a real house, demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed collaborative system to reduce the consumption of electrical power and to increase energy efficiency.
authors.affiliation: ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain. manuel.castillo@upm.es
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo-Cagigal
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matallanas
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monasterio-Huelin
authors.forename: Estefaná
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caamaño-Martín
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masa-Bote
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Leube
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004560:Electricity