Hardware Demonstration of a Home Energy Management System for Demand Response Applications

A Home Energy Management (HEM) system plays a crucial role in realizing residential Demand Response (DR) programs in the smart grid environment. It provides a homeowner the ability to automatically perform smart load controls based on utility signals, customer´s preference and load priority. This paper presents the hardware demonstration of the proposed HEM system for managing end-use appliances. The HEM´s communication time delay to perform load control is analyzed, along with its residual energy consumption.