Section: New Software and Platforms

SmartSense

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks - Smart building - Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring

Functional Description: To measure energy consumption by equipment in a building, NILM techniques (Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring) are based on observation of overall variations in electrical voltage. This avoids having to deploy watt-meters on every device and thus reduces the cost. SmartSense goes a step further to improve on these techniques by combining sensors (light, temperature, electromagnetic wave, vibration and sound sensors, etc.) to provide additional information on the activity of equipment and people. Low-cost sensors can be energy-autonomous too.

• Contact: Olivier Sentieys