JCSE, vol. 7, no. 3, pp.204-210, September, 2013

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5626/JCSE.2013.7.3.204

The Design and Implementation of an Energy-Smart Home in Korea

Jin Xiao, Raouf Boutaba
Division of IT Convergence Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea / (1)Division of IT Convergence Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea (2)School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Abstract: We present the motivation, design and implementation of a smart home system in Korea. Our system is open, extensible, integrated, intelligent, and usage-centric. We detail the challenges and key design requirements for the smart home sys- tem based on our past experiences, and show how convergence system design is a capable methodology for enabling an integrated and multi-faceted home management system that encompasses energy management, home appliance control, environment management, u-health, and living support functionalities under a single unified design. Using energy man- agement as a specific case study, we demonstrate how convergence system design can encapsulate technology heteroge- neity and hardware-software disparity without compromising simple yet powerful user interfaces.

Keyword: Smart home; Energy management; u-Health

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