Behavior-Aware Energy Management System for Smart Homes

Toshiba has developed a smart home system for energy-saving, called BeHomeS (Behavior-based Home Monitoring and Energy-saving System), with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and other companies.

This system can reduce energy wastage by not only turning off lights or air conditioners in empty rooms, but also controlling the running modes of home appliances depending on the living situations of the inhabitants.

A family of four has lived in the smart home for half a year, and energy savings of 8%, 2%, and 16% were achieved in summer, autumn, and winter, respectively.

This research was carried out as part of the "Research and development of energy-saving system responding to living behavior" theme under the Strategic Development of Energy Conservation Technology Project/Leading research phase of the NEDO of Japan.

Architecture of BeHomeS