A review of systems and technologies for smart homes and smart grids

Energies

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Lobaccaro, Gabriele ^a   Carlucci, Salvatore ^a   Löfström, Erica ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy management system (EMS); Home automation (HA); Integrated wireless technology (IWT); Smart grid; Smart home; Smart home micro computers (SHMC)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMS); HOME AUTOMATION; SMART GRID; SMART HOMES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84977629182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en9050348     Document Type: Review

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