Low-Cost HEM with Arduino and Zigbee Technologies in the Energy Sector in Colombia

Zurisaddai de la Cruz Severiche Maury, Ana Fernández Vilas and Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo
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Zurisaddai de la Cruz Severiche Maury: Electronics Research and Innovation Group (GINELECT), Universidad de Sucre, Cra 28 # 5-267 Barrio Puerta Roja, Sincelejo 700001, Colombia
Ana Fernández Vilas: I&C Lab. AtlanTTic Research Centre, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo: I&C Lab. AtlanTTic Research Centre, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: Since no solutions have been proposed in Colombia that seek to reduce the consumption of electricity at the residential level, this paper describes the design and implementation of a simple prototype of a low-cost home energy management system (HEMS). The objective of this platform is to monitor the energy consumption of typical household devices so that users can access the consumption of each device separately and then establish the strategy that allows them to reduce energy consumption at home. In order to demonstrate that our system is viable, the system has been evaluated by measuring weekly energy consumption with the on-line and off-line HEMS using a test bench with typical household devices in a Sincelejo typical household. The evaluation has shown that with the installation of this HEMS, consumption is reduced by 27%. This shows that it is possible to achieve a good reduction percentage with a low-cost system.

Keywords: Arduino; energy consumption at home; HEM; raspberry pi; wireless sensor networks; ZigBee (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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