An Intelligent Software to Manage Energy Consumption in Households!

When supply of goods or a service is up the price drops. And vice versa. If every consumer was aware of their consumption and its management, wastage could be drastically reduced and that may even affect the price of goods and services by a reduction in demand. For this consumers require up-to-date information with regard to energy consumption of their appliances. Up until now this has merely been an idea with little being done to realize it. But not anymore…

Smart meters…

Are intelligent devices that can measure consumption! Meaning they are intelligent control systems that can read and control power consumption in our homes even while we are away from the property.

An Image of a smart meter (via: Wikipedia)

There are many reasons…

Why we need to precisely control our energy consumption. While the cost is an obvious reason, there is also the need to ensure that our demand can be met with a continuous supply as the world is getting ready for solar and wind power resources.

Give me an example to show how the control system works

If supply of electricity were to become scarce temporarily for the next few hours, then the control system can identify this and could instruct the refrigerator or freezer in our household to begin to pre-cool its contents right away so that no power will be required by the refrigerator for an extended period of time.
The same principle will apply to water and heating systems as well.

This intelligent energy management system…

Is a software and it can be operated via a PC. The computer can be connected to the heater or the laundry machine or any other electrical appliance through electrical conduits or even wirelessly.

The user can then inform the software of his or her preferences with regard to energy consumption: ideal temperature for cooling or heating, maximum price he or she is willing to pay for electricity at the end of the month, or even a maximum limit for total power consumption for a given month. Then the software will use this input to intelligently decide how the usage of electrical appliances in the household can be optimized to achieve these targets.