Home energy management system: A framework through context awareness

The motivation to manage energy usage at residential home in Indonesia is influenced by economics environment condition and technical reasons. Economically, it offers reduction of government subsidies and electricity bill. The environment condition aspect enables reduction of CO₂ level. We consider the room controllable with interface control based on web. The room has a Zigbee hub, a lamp and sensors. The zigbee hubs report the power consumption information to the cloud server through home gateway. This paper purpose a system built on cloud platform based on context awareness. This system will accommodate the integration of services through sharing information platform either for the occupants or the electricity providers. Context awareness approach will provide intelligence on monitoring and controlling services based on user context and environment.