Design of IoT Embedded Smart Energy Management System

Abstract

The deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) in systems has made smart homes energy efficient, secure and remotely accessible. The goal of this research is to design a system that provides smart switching, monitoring and control of loads for reducing the units consumed and hence the electricity bills. To achieve this goal, this paper presents a system which combines IoT platform, android application and web-based monitoring using APIs (Application Programming Interface). For this purpose, Arduino is employed as a processing unit, NodeMCU 12-E as communication interface, Relays as switching interface and Blynk app as controlling and monitoring interface. This paper contributes to design a model that would make home energy monitored and manageable.