Distributed sensing solution for home efficiency tracking

• Autor(a) principal: Dionísio, Carolina Aparício
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20211
• topic: Internet of things; Smart homes; WSN Wireless Sensor Network; ESP32; LoRa; Android; Machine learning; Internet das coisas; Casas inteligentes; Rede de sensores wireless; Telecomunicação sem fios; Sustentabilidade; Aplicação informática -- Computer application

With the rapid increase of smart devices, keeping track of household consumptions is a service that starts to be automated and a need that is becoming more and more constant. In the middle of the 21st century, more and more measures are being debated that can make the world a more sustainable place, and this is part of each one of us, from our own homes. It is through the Internet of Things and its vast concept of connecting all devices, allowing them to communicate with each other, that it is possible to convert a normal home into a smart home in a simple and revolutionary way. This dissertation presents a proposal for a system based on wireless sensor networks designed for the purpose of monitoring and controlling environment parameters of a smart home. In order to obtain an efficient and inexpensive system, a study was made to select the best hardware and software solutions for this system, that also allows the user, through an Android application, to view all the information collected by the sensors, and consequently act in a way to make his home more sustainable. The main advantages of this system, which distinguishes it from the others, are its small dimensions, its efficiency and the low cost associated. In addition, it is a practical system that allows easy installation and it can interact with the surrounding environment.