Networking session: ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation

1. The AIM project:A novel architecture for modelling, virtualising and managing the energy consumption of household appliances Networking session: ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation Michael Caragiozidis, Keletron Ltd, Greece ICT2008, Lyon, 27/11/2008

2. List of Topics The AIM project AIM architecture for energy saving applications Trials: A two step approach ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

3. The AIM project ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

4. Main objective To define a generic technology for managing the energy consumption of home appliances. This includes engineering the home network as well as the internal functions of the home appliances. ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

5. Addressed areas • AIM is focusing on 3 appliance categories: • White goods (Indesit) • A/V equipment (Philips) • Communication Equipment (Infineon) • AIM builds applications for 3 user groups: • Residential users (Cefriel) • Subscribers of communication networks (FT) • Power distribution network operators (PPC) ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

6. Technological objectives Management of the energy consumption of home appliances beyond the simple ON/OFF model. Design of a generic method for measuring energy consumption of appliances at home. Design of an energy resources virtualization environment for building energy management services. Application of energy saving strategies on active as well as stand-by devices. Evaluation of the AIM technology in two phases with the involvement of real users. Dissemination of AIM technology to relevant standardization bodies and the scientific community. ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

7. The AIM architecture for energy saving applications ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

8. Architecture (1/2) 1) Functions switching ON/OFF 2) Acquisition of energy consumption measurements Applications Services & Profiles Applications Applications ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

9. Architecture (2/2) IFX IND PHI DOE, KEL, BCT, IFX PPC KEL, CFR CFR, KEL,FT, PPC FT ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

10. Technical work breakdown ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

11. Use-Cases ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

12. The ESTIA Gateway • Offers: • a solution for managing the resources of the home environment homogeneously • Service execution environment • Personalized services creation and activation • Open Implementation using the Linux-based OSCAR platform • Flexible physical implementation on PCs/gateways, etc. ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

13. EMD Architecture • Provides: • Acquisition of energy consumption measurements per appliance type and function. • Switching of appliance internal functions • Switching ON/OFF of stand-by devices ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

14. Virtualization Environment • Offers: • An environment for creating and instantiating energy management services • A semantics data with DM representing information of: • Appliance types • Supported functions • Energy Saving actions. • An interpreter that translates user configuration into service ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

15. Trials: A two step approach ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

16. Evaluation trials (1/2) Two steps approach: Objective: Present the AIM technology to real users and collect their feedback concerning usability aspects Integration on a single platform: ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

17. Evaluation trials (2/2) • Integration in two real households with the objective to: • Measure capacity of the platform to minimize overall energy consumption by 20% for active and stand-by devices ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

18. Important Issues • Profiling of appliances, allows: • Characterization of appliance energy consumption per internal function (e.g. washing programmes, freezing programmes, etc). • Granular implementation of ON/OFF functions. • Control of appliance internal functions: • Not all appliances allow internal functions to be remotely/externally controlled. • Communication of energy consumption values encoded per appliance and function type (possible dissemination to standardization bodies –CECED and scientific publication). ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

19. Profiling of appliances Service EMD RG ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary

20. Thank You! For more details please refer to the project web page at www.ict-aim.eu ICT2008 Networking session: "ICT for Energy Efficiency through Home Automation", AIM Consortium Proprietary