1st International Workshop on Opportunistic Sensing and Processing in Mobile Wireless Sensor and Cellular networks

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Wireless Sensor Networks for a Zero-Energy Home

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_28,
        author={Rangarao Venkatesha Prasad and Vijay Rao and Ignas Niemegeers and Sonia Heemstra de Groot},
        title={Wireless Sensor Networks for a Zero-Energy Home},
        proceedings={1st International Workshop on Opportunistic Sensing and Processing in Mobile Wireless Sensor and Cellular networks},
        proceedings_a={MOBISENSE},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_28}
    }
    
  • Rangarao Venkatesha Prasad
    Vijay Rao
    Ignas Niemegeers
    Sonia Heemstra de Groot
    Year: 2012
    Wireless Sensor Networks for a Zero-Energy Home
    MOBISENSE
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_28
Rangarao Venkatesha Prasad1, Vijay Rao1,*, Ignas Niemegeers1,*, Sonia Heemstra de Groot1,*
  • 1: Delft University of Technology
*Contact email: V.SathyanarayanaRao@tudelft.nl, I.G.M.M.Niemegeers@tudelft.nl, S.M.HeemstradeGroot@tudelft.nl

Abstract

Energy, especially has become a critical concern of society. The generation and distribution are, to a large extent, not matched with each other. There are many initiatives to balance the load on the Grid vis-à-vis production and consumption. Recently, technology has made it possible to generate small amounts of energy in each household with solar, thermal, wind and other sources. With storage devices, it is possible to use the generated energy at the sources i.e., localized generation and consumption of energy. The system can be made efficient and possibly design a zero or positive–energy home with the use ICT infrastructure, wireless sensor networks, in particular. This paper proposes a three-layered architecture for this system and also lists several associated issues and challenges.