Thermostatically controlled appliances in the Home Area Network model

Abstract

Abstract: This article presents our work in the field of residential electric energy optimization. We show how to mathematically describe the functionality of thermostatically controlled appliances within the smart home, the end user preferences and other properties. The resulting Mixed Integer Quadratic Problem solution then leads to the optimal schedule of the group of appliances. We further deal with the multiple time-scales control and show several results.