IoT based real-time residential energy meter monitoring system

IoT-based applications are becoming more popular and provide effective solutions for many real time problems. In this research, real-time monitoring system for residential energy meter is proposed. The presented system provides ubiquitous and continuous access to energy consumption to the consumer by exploiting the advancement of IoT technology. The proposed system is cost effective as it requires a simple upgrade on the existing meters than complete replacement. Further, it is light weight and compact with the usage of SoC for control and communication. Through the experimental analysis, it is found that from the collected data, it is possible to obtain the pattern of consumption as well as faultiness present in the existing system. The presented work can also be extended to large scale from which load distributed in the area can be estimated so that the system can be strengthened to enhance performance.