Cloud platform for energy-aware resource management within SMEs

Environment concerns have gained more and more prevalence in the past decades, as better data and alarming prognosis regarding energy efficiency emerge from research. The private business sector already started to join the efforts with participation from both large companies and SMEs. Nowadays, in order to reduce energy costs and avoid penalties, companies concern themselves with an efficient use of tools and methodologies meant to help them monitor and manage resources. Smart solutions existing on the market allow organizations to gain control over the work environment through automatization and to maximize the comfort level of employees, while diminishing energy costs, following the principles of sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is to describe the methodologies and tools that can be integrated into a cloud platform, which will optimize the SMEs way to consume energy by providing them an overview of their consumption. Moreover, the papers presents the benefits that cloud platforms for energy-aware resource management can provide for SMEs and the main solutions which can be integrated in the field of building automation.