Energy@home

Energy@Home project aims to develop a system in which 'smart appliances' can manage themselves by adjusting power consumption depending on power supply and prices. or in order to avoid overloads within the house.In addition Energy@Home provides information to the user. such as power consumption of appliances. hourly cost of energy. green level of the energy being supplied; these information are made available on the user’s PC. mobile or on the display of the appliance. Installation in residential homes of Energy@home system (Enel Smart Info, Telecom Gateway, Smart washing machine, Smart plugs, Application tools). It allows continuous real-time bidirectional information exchange between on one side utility, retailer, telecom and manufactures and on the other side appliances and energy generation plant in the houses. The system enable each customer to self-manage his energy behavior depending on both energy availability and energy price. It will help the development of new value added services designed to help consumer/prosumer better manage energy use in their home.