CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN URBAN BUILDINGS BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Buildings account large portion of energy consumption out of total final energy, the major consumption is due to improper usage of electrical equipment. Thus, energy efficiency in buildings has become a priority at every level within the building environment. Previous approaches to energy saving methods were based on the human occupancy and placing a human occupancy detecting sensor in urban buildings pose a significant challenge. To overcome the challenges in the placing human occupancy sensor in Urban buildings, the proposed work consisted of the development of a Building Automation System (BAS) to automate the power monitoring and control of electrical loads using Internet of Things (IoT) and thermal sensor. Proposed framework, predict human presence using thermal sensor with machine learning method and regular activity data of the building. In the proposed approach, IoT is implemented to screen power consumption and optimize the power consumption based on the human occupancy, work schedule in the building. The system is evaluated to estimate the human occupancy with machine learning methods at various sensor sites, the number of inhabitants, environments, and human distance.