abstract: nowadays due to developing the information technology, buildings are equipped to this technology in order to reduce energy consumption and make more convenient for inhabitants. the popularity of smart home has been increasing greatly in recent years due to much higher affordability and simplicity through android smartphone connectivity. this paper prepares a review of smart home and h...

With the objective of characterizing the profile and performance of energy use by slaughterhouses, surveys and audits were performed in two different facilities located in the northeastern region of Portugal. Energy consumption from multiple energy sources was assessed monthly, along with production and costs, for the same reference year. Gathered data was analyzed to identify and quantify the ...

The adoption rate of building energy standards in the US has been increasing since the mid1990s as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct). However, most of the evidence on the energy savings that accrue from commercial building energy standards is based on engineering simulations, which do not account for realized behavior once a standard is actually adopted. This paper uses plausibl...

In this paper, for efficient energy consumption through the residential demand response in the smart grid, an optimization algorithm, which can provide a schedule plan for the home appliance usages, is proposed. In order to minimize the average electricity price based on the time-varying electricity price in conjunction with the peak hourly load, which decides the capacity of the electric suppl...

The aims of this study were to evaluate the energy consumption and its modeling in industrial milk production units using data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and sensitivity analysis. Data were collected from 44 industrial milk production units in Guilan province of Iran with face to face questionnaire method during 2012-2013. Inputs included animal feed, fossil fuels, electricity, machine...

introduction despite the abundant renewable energy sources, the iranian energy sector relies almost entirely on fossil fuel energy resources. power sector is dominant source of co2emissions and responsible for about 35% of total co2 emissions in the country. additionally, long-term electricity demand of iran is expected to grow quickly, which in turn requires extensive investment to meet the gr...

Due to continuous increase of population, this century the old system unfortunately suffers from many problems i-e limited production of electricity, while demand is going to be higher side on daily bases. To resolve this and similar other problems a quantum leap is required to connect communication via information technology. This dive towards a new efficient technology is called Smart Grid. T...