Smart Home Technologies Based on IoT Concepts

Dear Colleagues,

The Internet is a fundamental part of our day-to-day lives, and is increasingly present in household equipment through the Internet of Things (IoT), making them more intelligent and contributing to spread the smart home concept. A smart home can be defined as a residence equipped with information and communication technologies that enable the provision of useful services to its occupants, revolutionizing the way we connect to our home. The explosive growth, in recent years, of IoT and its associated technologies amplified the interest and available resources for the development and proliferation of smart home technologies and applications.

Among the multiple smart home application areas, the management of power production and consumption is a hot research area, which has seen increased interest recently due to the demand for renewable energy sources, energy storage technologies, and electric mobility.

This Special Issue aims to joining contributions from academics and researchers with technical or scientific works focusing on smart homes and IoT technologies with application to energy monitoring, control and management. The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Wireless sensor networks for energy monitoring and control
• Cloud computing and IoT applied to residential power management
• Smart sensors and devices for energy applications
• Smart home protocols for energy systems
• Smart homes as key enablers of smart grids
• Artificial intelligence techniques for energy management
• Demand response systems and algorithms
• Smart home energy management applications
• Electric mobility G2V/V2G modes controlled by IoT technologies in smart homes
• IoT technologies for managing the power production from renewables in smart homes
• Smart electrical appliances

Prof. Dr. Jose A. Afonso
Prof. Dr. João L. Afonso
Prof. Dr. Vítor Monteiro
Guest Editors

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