Experimenting with Means to Store and Monitor IoT based Measurement Results for Energy Saving

Nowadays, energy consumption and especially energy saving are important issues. The news of global warming has increased the need to save energy in many areas of our living community. Therefore, several research projects on various aspects have been established. This study is part of our ongoing project with the purpose of developing a means of reducing energy consumption in houses and apartments. In particular, the project aims to find ways to increase energy savings without compromising comfortable living. This requires the constant measuring of living conditions, which produces a huge amount of data that has to be monitored continuously and stored for later analysis. In this paper, we report our experiments to select appropriate tools for storing, monitoring, and visualizing data on living conditions. In our test arrangements, the data is gathered by IoT sensors in real locations. Different types of database systems and dashboard software have been used in the trials. Each of these is discussed from the IoT data processing perspective and is presented with examples of gathered data. Finally, we present the toolset that we considered a suitable choice for our context.