• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.284-291
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• 2018

As environmental pollution has become worse green technologies to replace or reduce consumption of fossil fuel get spotlight from government, industry and academia globally. It is reported that 40% of carbon dioxide emission is caused by electricity power generation. And 37% of end user electricity power is used by residential costumer in US. Smart Grid is considered as one of promising technology to alleviate severe environmental problem. In residential environment, Home Energy Management System (HEMS) can play a key role for green smart home. The HEMS can give several benefits like aslowering electric utility bill, improvement of efficiency of electric power consumption and integration of generator using renewable energy resources. However just limited functions of HEMS can be used for residential customer in real life because of lack of smart function in home appliances and optimal managing software for HEMS. This study provides comprehensive analysis for Home Energy Management System for residential customer. Simple HEMS system with real products on the market are explained and limitation of current HEMS are also discussed.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2013

We present the motivation, design and implementation of a smart home system in Korea. Our system is open, extensible, integrated, intelligent, and usage-centric. We detail the challenges and key design requirements for the smart home system based on our past experiences, and show how convergence system design is a capable methodology for enabling an integrated and multi-faceted home management system that encompasses energy management, home appliance control, environment management, u-health, and living support functionalities under a single unified design. Using energy management as a specific case study, we demonstrate how convergence system design can encapsulate technology heterogeneity and hardware-software disparity without compromising simple yet powerful user interfaces.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.87-106
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• 2024

Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Home Centralized Photovoltaic (HCPV) systems can address various energy storage issues and enhance demand response programs. Renewable energy, such as solar energy and wind turbines, address the energy gap. However, no energy management system is currently available to regulate the uncertainty of renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, and appliance consumption within a smart microgrid. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, electric vehicles, and Micro-Grid (MG) storage on maximum solar radiation hours. Several Deep Learning (DL) algorithms were applied to account for the uncertainty. Moreover, a Reinforcement Learning HCPV (RL-HCPV) algorithm was created for efficient real-time energy scheduling decisions. The proposed algorithm managed the energy demand between PV solar energy generation and vehicle energy storage. RL-HCPV was modeled according to several constraints to meet household electricity demands in sunny and cloudy weather. Simulations demonstrated how the proposed RL-HCPV system could efficiently handle the demand response and how V2H can help to smooth the appliance load profile and reduce power consumption costs with sustainable power generation. The results demonstrated the advantages of utilizing RL and V2H as potential storage technology for smart buildings.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.221-226
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• 2020

Smart homes have become the state of the art in the reduction and monitoring of energy usage within a residential setting. Emerging threats such as climate change, global warming and volatility in energy prices have fuelled the interest in smart systems. Given that environmental sustainability has become a more significant factor for consumers, this research examines whether consumers' attitudes toward smart home services for efficient energy management differ according to their regulatory focus. Specifically, it is predicted that consumers will have more favorable attitudes toward smart home services for efficient energy management when they are promotion-focused (vs. prevention-focused). The results indicate that respondents with a promotion (vs. prevention) focus reported significantly more favorable attitudes toward smart home services for energy management (e.g., smart cooling/heating system, smart ventilation & air conditioning system, smart thermostats, smart plugs, and smart switches). We suggest that regulatory focus may be an effective marketing and segmentation tool in promoting smart home services for energy management and facilitating their receptiveness to the services.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-125
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• 2017

In this study, we propose an operations model to automate a home energy management system (HEMS) that utilizes an energy storage system (ESS) in consideration of consumer utility. Most previous studies focused on the system for the profits obtained from trading charged energy using large-scale ESS. By contrast, the present study focuses on constructing a home-level energy management system that considers consumer's utility over energy consumption. Depending on personal preference, some residential consumers may prefer consuming additional energy to earn increased profits through price arbitrage and vice versa. However, the current system could not yet reflect on this aspect. Thus, we develop an operations model for HEMS that could automatically control energy consumption while considering the level of consumer's preference and the economic benefits of using an ESS. The results of simulations using a dataset of the Korean market show that an operations policy of charging and discharging can be changed depending on consumer's utility. The impact of this policy is not ignorable. Moreover, the technical specifications of ESS, such as self-discharge rate and round-trip efficiency, can affect the operations policy and automation of HEMS.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2781-2798
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• 2019

Thanks to internet, as one of indispensable parts of our lives, many devices that we use in our daily lives like TV, air conditioner, refrigerator, washing machine, can be monitored and controlled remotely by becoming more intelligent via Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Smart Home applications as one of the elements of smart cities, are individually the most demanded application without question. In this study, Smart Energy Management (SEM) system, based on NodeMCU and Android, has been designed for SEM, which is a part of the smart home application. With this system, household energy consumption can be monitored in real time, as well as having the ability to record the data comprising of operation times and energy consumption information for each device. Additionally, it is ensured to meet the energy needs on a maximized level possible, during the hours when the energy costs are lower owing to the SEM system. The Android interface provides the users with the opportunity to monitor and change their electricity consumption habits in order to optimize the energy efficiency, along with the opportunity to draw up of a daily and weekly schedule.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.677-686
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• 2013

In this paper, we first introduce a general architecture of an energy management system in a home area network based on a smart grid. Then, we propose an efficient scheduling method for home power usage. The home gateway (HG) receives the demand response (DR) information indicating the real-time electricity price, which is transferred to an energy management controller (EMC). Referring to the DR, the EMC achieves an optimal power scheduling scheme, which is delivered to each electric appliance by the HG. Accordingly, all appliances in the home operate automatically in the most cost-effective way possible. In our research, to avoid the high peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of power, we combine the real-time pricing model with the inclining block rate model. By adopting this combined pricing model, our proposed power scheduling method effectively reduces both the electricity cost and the PAR, ultimately strengthening the stability of the entire electricity system.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2013

본 논문은 각종 센서와 관리자 등을 통해 온도와 조도를 측정하여 전력량을 모니터링하며 제어하고 있는 공장용 에너지관리시스템(FEMS, Factory Energy Management System), 빌딩용 에너지관리시스템(BEMS, Building Energy Management System), 주택용 에너지관리시스템(HEMS, Home Energy Management System)등으로 크게 나누어지는 기존의 에너지관리시스템(EMS : Energy Management System)에서 사용하고 있는 각종 센서 정보들을 포함한 수집 가능한 빅 데이터를 활용하여 본 논문에서 제안하는 공간 기반 에너지관리시스템(SEMS, Space-based Energy Management System)의 추론엔진을 통해 일정한 크기와 유사한 특성을 가진 단위 공간을 정의하고 에너지를 효율적으로 관리하기 위한 공간의 크기나 특성에 따라서 SEMS의 추론엔진의 Self-Learning을 통해 추론엔진 자신이 학습을 통해 점차 스마트하게 진화하면서, 사용되는 전력량을 절감하는 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.678-680
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• 2016

에너지 환경의 변화로 인해 가정 내 태양광 도입이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 더불어 에너지 저장 시스템도 함께 활용되어 보다 유연한 에너지 관리가 이루어지고 있다. 태양광으로 생산된 전력을 보다 효과적으로 사용하여 피크 저감 및 가격을 고려한 전력소비를 이룰 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 에너지 저장 시스템을 홈 네트워크로 연동하여 홈 에너지관리 시스템의 구성요소로 이루기 위해 SEP(Smart Energy Profile)을 개발하였다. 에너지 저장 시스템에서 갖추고 있는 기능을 정의하고 표준 기반 프로토콜을 개발하여 제품간 호환을 이룰 수 있도록 하였다. 향후 주택에 에너지관리시스템 도입을 위해 상호운용성 확보는 매우 중요한 과제이며 이를 앞당길 수 있는 기반을 마련하였다.

• 한국IT서비스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국IT서비스학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.151-154
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose an energy monitoring and management service based on wireless sensors and a home gateway for homes and buildings. Homes and buildings have a significant energy saving potential compared with other sectors. Sensing, monitoring, and managing of the information on the energy consumption are required for an efficient energy saving service. The proposed system is composed of two main components, wireless sensor and an intelligent home gateway. Wireless sensors have the ZigBee communication interface for communication, and the intelligent home gateway is an energy portal. We expect that energy saving could be achieved with this system. As a further work, we will analyze the practical impact of the proposed service.