An intelligent mechanism for energy consumption scheduling in smart buildings

In recent years, the incorporation of sensing technology into residential buildings has given rise to the concept of ”smart buildings”, aimed at enhancing resident comfort. These buildings are typically part of interconnected neighborhoods sharing common energy sources, which makes the energy consumption a critical consideration in decision-making processes. Consequently, optimizing energy usage in smart buildings has posed significant challenges for both enterprises and governments, prompting numerous studies to address this issue. One such challenge is organizing energy usage within neighborhood networks while ensuring the user comfort and without exceeding the total energy capacity. In this paper, we present a novel mechanism that predicts the future behavior of each house based on its historical consumption data, generating a weekly schedule annotated with hourly energy usage levels (high, normal, or low) tailored to individual user needs. Additionally, we introduce an incentive-based program that rewards users with bill discounts for adhering to high energy consumption periods. The scheduling process involves extracting features from data and utilizing a genetic algorithm for construction, coupled with dynamic programming to enhance efficiency by storing house features and schedules. This enables rapid provision of suitable schedules for similar houses. Evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed technique achieves an accuracy of 92% and improves the execution time of the optimization algorithm by 26%.