Designing an Optimization Framework for Optimal Electrical Consumption

The worldwide energy consumption increases every year and it shows no signs of slowing down, particularly with the high rate of adoption of electric cars. Home systems must be deployed which optimize the energy consumption of a house. This paper presents a system which is able to, given a set of tasks to perform, optimize which tasks should be performed at each time. Results showed a potential 84% decrease in the daily electrical bill when compared with a household not equipped with our task optimization mechanism, leading to a potential cost saving of 427 annually.