Abstract
At present, the domotization of homes and public buildings is becoming increasingly popular. Domotization is most commonly applied to the field of energy management, since it gives the possibility of managing the consumption of the devices connected to the electric network, the way in which the users interact with these devices, as well as other external factors that influence consumption. In buildings, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems have the highest consumption rates. The systems proposed so far have not succeeded in optimizing the energy consumption associated with a HVAC system because they do not monitor all the variables involved in electricity consumption. For this reason, this article presents an agent approach that benefits from the advantages provided by a Multi-Agent architecture (MAS) deployed in a Cloud environment with a wireless sensor network (WSN) in order to achieve energy savings. The agents of the MAS learn social behavior thanks to the collection of data and the use of an artificial neural network (ANN). The proposed system has been assessed in an office building achieving an average energy savings of 41% in the experimental group offices.
Highlights
From the beginning of the nineteenth century, social and economic development among sophisticated societies was triggered by the large-scale use of fossil fuels
The use of a multi-agent system in this energy management problem has been fundamental, since it allowed us to find out how users interacted with these devices and other external factors that had an influence on consumption
The system has knowledge of the weather forecast planned for the coming days, as well as the non-working or holiday periods; in this way, it is able to set the radiators and air conditioning optimally
Summary
From the beginning of the nineteenth century, social and economic development among sophisticated societies was triggered by the large-scale use of fossil fuels. Petroleum and coal were the main sources of energy, which have been burned in excessive amounts and over a long period of time. This has had long term negative effects on our environment such as contamination and climate warming caused by the harmful gases released into the atmosphere and dangerous waste spills. Given these negative impacts and the fact that these resources are becoming scarce, it is necessary to find solutions that will make countries less reliant on fossil fuels.
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