The First International Conference on IoT in Urban Space

Research Article

Developing a RESTful Communication Protocol and an Energy Optimization Algorithm for a Connected Sustainable Home

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257303,
        author={Sotirios Kotsopoulos and Federico Casalegno and Adria Recasens and Wesley Graybill},
        title={Developing a RESTful Communication Protocol and an Energy Optimization Algorithm for a Connected Sustainable Home},
        proceedings={The First International Conference on IoT in Urban Space},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={URB-IOT},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={web of things; home automation; optimization},
        doi={10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257303}
    }
    
  • Sotirios Kotsopoulos
    Federico Casalegno
    Adria Recasens
    Wesley Graybill
    Year: 2014
    Developing a RESTful Communication Protocol and an Energy Optimization Algorithm for a Connected Sustainable Home
    URB-IOT
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257303
Sotirios Kotsopoulos1,*, Federico Casalegno1, Adria Recasens1, Wesley Graybill1
  • 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*Contact email: skots@mit.edu

Abstract

ABSTRACT Improving the energy efficiency of residential buildings can lead in reducing the energy consumption of cities. It is presented a prototype house that uses real time connectivity to enable effective energy management through the deployment of an optimization algorithm. Following the principles of the Web of Things, the devices of the house are mapped into a RESTful structure where the HTTP protocol is used for communication, and a risk-sensitive algorithm p-Sulu, based on Iterative Risk Allocation, is used for long-term energy optimization. The RESTful protocol makes the system compatible and scalable, able to expand at a neighborhood or a community scale.