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Title:
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A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE RESOURCES SUPPORTING SMART HOUSE AND BUILDING AUTOMATION |
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Author(s):
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Marcello Pietri, Riccardo Lancellotti |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-67-0 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Smart House, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), ZigBee, Wireless M-Bus, Building automation |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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359 |
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Last Page:
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366 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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In the last few years, a growing interest towards reducing resource consumption and carbon footprint has been the main driver for the development of intelligent systems for smart houses and buildings. Existing solutions are limited to monitor and optimize the usage of each single utility or resource, such as electric power, water and gas. However, higher savings can be achieved by monitoring and collecting data from multiple utilities and sensors in combination at the same time, instead of focusing on the optimization of the single factor. We present a novel solution to support integrated monitoring and data collection in a smart house with the objective to reduce utility cost and toxic byproducts. We discuss the requirements for the metering system and we propose an architectural solution satisfying these requirements. Furthermore, we describe a system prototype implementing the proposed architectural solution. The experiments carried out on the prototype show that our proposal is a viable option to support the monitoring of multiple resources interacting with heterogeneous sensors and external interfaces. |
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