Smart home energy management system: An exploration of IoT use cases

The proposed system design tries to solve the growing problem of unnecessary energy consumption in an individual's household using the concept of the IoT (internet of things). The design monitors and analyzes the energy consumed by the electricity outlets in the household using sensors and microcontrollers. The proposed design gives the user multiple manipulation methods to control energy consumption. The proposed design includes a mobile application which will act as the communication link between the system and the cloud. On the cloud, a server will make the control of the electrical outlets possible from inside and outside the house. The results varied depending on the used case. In some cases, it saved up to 50% of energy consumption.