Smart  Home  System  (SHS)  

                                                                                                       

DEPARTMENT  OF      ELECTRICAL  &  COMPUTER  ENGINEERING  University  of  Central  Florida  

 

 

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Smart  Home  System  (SHS)    

I. Team  Members    

Oswaldin Azor,CpE Oswaldin2011@knights.ucf.edu

Danny Aybar, EE daybar@knights.ucf.edu

Loc Nguyen, EE lnguuen@knights.ucf.edu

Levener Samedi, EE Levener_74@knights.ucf.edu

     

Potential  Sponsor:  Duke Energy P.O Box 1004 Charlotte, NC 28201

 

         

II. Project  Motivation:    

Millions of households in America consume electricity every day. In 2009, the U.S Energy Information Administration calculated that the average annual electricity consumption in a household was 11,280kilowatt-hours (kWh), an average of 940 kWh per month. For decades, heating and cooling (space conditioning) accounted for more than half of all residential energy consumption in the U.S. However, in the recent years we have seen a steady rise of energy consumption for appliances, electronics and lighting. In 1993, they were accounted for only about 24% of our total energy consumption but have risen as far as 35% in 2009.

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 Figure  1   -­‐  A  survey   in  1993  vs  2009,  comparing  the  alarming  rise  of  energy  comsumption   in  appliances,  electronics,  and  lightings.  

Source:  U.S  Energy  Information  Administration,  Residential  Energy  Consumption  Survey   We are faced with the challenge of conserving energy and creating more efficient planet for the next generation. As a group, we were discussing ways to make our home efficient. It’s been documented that when you let your apparels plugged in power is being consumed although they are turned off. We were thinking about unplugging everything. Our vision is to design a smart home management system that will basically be able to effectively control most of the electronics and lighting in a house, the ability to proactively track and manage electricity usage in real time, and security feature that notifies the homeowner in case of an emergency. We plan on building a smart home. We are thinking of providing people with the luxury of using a smart phone, tablet or personal computer to turn lights on/off, cut off electricity going to an outlet in case that outlet is not in use and even allow them to open their front door via their smart phones. We also plan on adding some security features enabling people to know what is going on at their houses when they are away at work or on vacation. If an intruder breaks into the house, they should get a text message/email depending on what they have access to. Since we know that if one is out of the country it may be hard or even impossible to get messages via text, which is why being able to email the owner comes in handy. We plan on using Bluetooth that will enable their smartphone to communicate with the outlets, lights, and the door entry. Incase people want to use their personal computers to monitor their homes when they are away, this task will be possible via a Wi-Fi network, where people will also be able to monitor their use of electricity. They will have access to a history of power usage throughout the day. Plus, people should be able to see the amount of money their electricity bill is. If only people could see how

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much power is being used and how much money they owe the power company on a daily basis, they can make an effort not to waste energy.

Specifications  &  Requirements  

 

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III. Block  Diagram  

 

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 IV. Project  Budget     For the project, we currently do not have any sponsors or significant contributors. The group is planning to present the project before “Duke Energy” to see if they can be our sponsor since the project is related to energy conversation. However, if the group is unable to find sponsors to finance the project, the group will split the cost evenly among us. According to the research we have done on the price values of the different resources, our “Smart Home System” will cost $600.88 for the equipment, parts, tools, hardware and software. Our estimated budget is shown below.

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V. Project  Milestone   In order to remain focused on our project throughout both semesters, we will complete the initial design review and create a list of milestones used to monitor our progress throughout. These milestones will be used to create reference points, and also to schedule the group two to three times per week for meeting, researching, and testing. The goals for our project are illustrated in the table below, which will effectively keep track of our work.