Feasibility of UTS Smart Home to Support Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations (UN SDGs): Water and Energy Conservation

Keh-Kim Kee (), Huong-Yong Ting, Yun-Seng Lim, Jackie-Tiew-Wei Ting, Marcella Peter, Khairunnisa Ibrahim and Pau Loke Show
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Keh-Kim Kee: School of Engineering and Technology, University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu 96000, Malaysia
Huong-Yong Ting: Drone Research and Application Centre, University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu 96000, Malaysia
Yun-Seng Lim: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, LKC Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
Jackie-Tiew-Wei Ting: Drone Research and Application Centre, University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu 96000, Malaysia
Marcella Peter: Drone Research and Application Centre, University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu 96000, Malaysia
Khairunnisa Ibrahim: Drone Research and Application Centre, University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu 96000, Malaysia
Pau Loke Show: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations strive to maximize development needs, while minimizing environmental deterioration, without jeopardizing the needs of future generations. Nevertheless, due to urbanization, the escalating trend in natural-resource use, particularly electricity and water, is currently a crucial challenge for sustainable development. One of the promising options is the smart home, which is an extension of building automation with smart characteristics in monitoring, analyzing, controlling, and cloud computing with networked smart devices. Due to the lack of appropriate infrastructure and conscious consumption, its global adoption in the construction industry remains low. We present a technical feasibility of a multi-functional experimental smart home to support the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations in terms of water and energy conservation. The layered architecture of the cloud platform with an application program interface enables seamless integration of heterogeneous smart-home technologies and data sources. Use cases demonstrated its capacity to conserve electrical energy and water resources in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Aside from that, the smart home’s electricity self-consumption of at least three autonomy days was confirmed with zero emissions and electricity bills, and a reduced supply-water consumption.

Keywords: smart home; environment sustainability; energy management system; rainwater harvesting; cloud computing; decision support system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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