01650nas a2200193 4500008004100000022001400041245012000055210006900175260001200244300001700256520102900273100001401302700001301316700001901329700001801348700001901366700002301385856004801408 2014 eng d a1868-396700aA Modular Framework to Enable Rapid Evaluation and Exploration of Energy Management Methods in Smart Home Platforms0 aModular Framework to Enable Rapid Evaluation and Exploration of c04/2014 aOnline First3 a
Numerous efforts focus on developing smart grid and smart home plat- forms to provide monitoring, management, and optimization solutions. In order to more effectively manage energy resources, a holistic view is needed; however the involved platforms are complex and require integration of a multitude of parameters such as the end-user behavior, underlying hardware components, environment, etc., many of which operate on varying time scale at various levels of detail. A general and modular framework is presented to enable designers to focus on modeling, simulating, analyzing, or optimizing specific sub-components without requiring a detailed imple- mentation across all levels. We incorporate two case studies in which the proposed framework is utilized to help an end user evaluate platform configurations given an energy usage model, as well as integrate an energy optimization module to investigate rescheduling of appliance usage times in an effort to lower cost.