Effective power utilization and conservation in smart homes using IoT

Overuse of energy has caused many environmental and economic crises. Home appliances consume high energy. Energy consumption by home appliances is considered as one of the most critical areas for the attention to the researchers. Energy saving is a big challenging. Energy can be saved effectively by proper management of electricity distribution for home appliances based on the activities of the users. Recognizing human activities and providing energy supply for those appliances that are related to that activity can provide effective power utilization and conservation. The existing system uses multiple sensors and servers which monitors the human activities, causing discomfort to users. Thus a simple technique, based on Internet of Things (IoT), for recognizing human activity through image processing is proposed in this paper. It is a real time approach for energy management in which a machine to machine communication takes place.