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A framework for home energy management and its experimental validation

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With the Smart Grid revolution and the increasing interest in renewable energy sources, the management of the electricity consumption and production of individual households and small residential communities is becoming an essential element of new power systems. The electric energy chain can greatly benefit from a flexible interaction with end-users based on the optimization of load profiles and the exploitation of local generation and energy storage. This paper proposes a framework for the development of a complete energy management system for individual residential units and small communities of domestic users, taking into account both the power system and the final users’ perspectives. All the main elements of the framework are considered, and contributions are provided on the users’ habits profiling, electricity generation forecast, energy load, and storage optimization. Specifically, we propose a linear regression model to predict the photovoltaic panels production, a stochastic method to forecast the home appliances usage, and two optimization models to optimize the electricity management of residential users with the goal of minimizing their bills. The study shows that it is possible to reduce the energy bill of residential users through the electricity optimization driven by dynamic energy prices. Moreover, remarkable improvements of the electric grid efficiency can be achieved with the cooperation among users, confirming that services for the coordination of the demand of groups of users allow huge benefits on the power system performance.

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    Antimo Barbato, Antonio Capone & Giuliana Carello

  2. Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa, 34, Milano, Italy

    Maurizio Delfanti, Davide Falabretti & Marco Merlo

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Barbato, A., Capone, A., Carello, G. et al. A framework for home energy management and its experimental validation. Energy Efficiency 7, 1013–1052 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-014-9269-3

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