METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
First Claim
1. A method for effective management of energy consumption by a plurality of appliances, comprising:
- identifying, at a set top box, energy consumption information of at least one appliance transmitted at pre-defined intervals by an advanced energy smart meter;
communicating, by the set top box, the identified energy consumption information to a remote server for validation, analysis, and billing of energy consumption at pre-scheduled intervals;
obtaining analysis results of the energy consumption information from the remote server for display on a television; and
optimizing energy consumption by controlling the at least one appliance using displayed energy consumption information of the at least one appliance.
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Abstract
A method and system for effective management of energy consumption by household appliances, using a home energy information gateway. Particularly, the invention provides a method and system for an efficient and economic home energy information gateway which can provide the energy consumption information and communication interface through a set top box like gateway device on the existing display device such as television thereby reducing extra display medium cost. More particularly, the invention provides a method and system for managing energy consumption effectively by monitoring, controlling and displaying energy usage of household appliances by way of collecting smart meter data and generating user friendly reports and graphs.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for effective management of energy consumption by a plurality of appliances, comprising:
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identifying, at a set top box, energy consumption information of at least one appliance transmitted at pre-defined intervals by an advanced energy smart meter; communicating, by the set top box, the identified energy consumption information to a remote server for validation, analysis, and billing of energy consumption at pre-scheduled intervals; obtaining analysis results of the energy consumption information from the remote server for display on a television; and optimizing energy consumption by controlling the at least one appliance using displayed energy consumption information of the at least one appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for effective management of energy consumption by a plurality of appliances, comprising:
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a plurality of appliances communicatively coupled with a home energy information gateway over a home area network; an advanced energy smart meter communicatively coupled with the plurality of appliances and the home energy information gateway over the home area network adapted to identify energy consumption information about the plurality of appliances at pre-defined intervals and transmit the same; a set top box (STB) communicatively coupled with the home area network adapted to;
receive the transmitted energy consumption information by the advanced energy smart meter via a serial communications protocol, Zigbee, M Bus or power line;
communicate the received energy consumption information to a remote server for billing of energy consumption at pre-scheduled intervals; and
validate the energy consumption information;an analytics rule engine running on the home energy information gateway adapted for supporting analytics of energy consumption data of the plurality of appliances; a television adapted to display the validated energy consumption information and analysed energy consumption data of the plurality of appliances for enhancing an end-user experience; and a utility or non-utility server hosting a utility or non-utility web portal connected through internet. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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