Development of an IoT Energy Management Platform for Smart Homes and Utilities

The client faces challenges in providing households, utilities, and energy producers with real-time visibility, control, and analytics for energy consumption and generation. Existing systems lack integration, responsiveness, and user-friendly interfaces, limiting proactive energy management, cost savings, and renewable integration in the energy ecosystem.

A rapidly growing company specializing in design and deployment of smart hardware and software solutions to optimize household and commercial energy consumption, integrate renewable sources, and enable real-time monitoring and control.

• Create a responsive IoT platform capable of real-time energy consumption monitoring for entire homes and individual circuits.
• Develop scalable middleware and cloud infrastructure for secure data collection, storage, processing, and analytics.
• Implement user-friendly mobile and web applications for end-user control over energy loads, pricing, and device management.
• Enable detection of abnormal device behavior and overload conditions to enhance safety.
• Facilitate integration with renewable energy sources, such as solar panels and storage systems, to optimize performance and costs.
• Support multiple stakeholder access levels, including households, utilities, equipment manufacturers, and research institutions.
• Achieve reliable operation both online and offline, with straightforward installation and configuration.

• Real-time monitoring of electricity usage for entire homes and specific circuits, including renewable inputs and storage levels.
• Responsive remote control of appliances and energy modules via web and mobile applications.
• Automated energy scheduling and load balancing based on user preferences and predictive analysis.
• Automatic device recognition and usage pattern analysis using smart algorithms.
• Power outage detection, system alerts, and safety mechanisms to prevent overloads and malfunctions.
• Secure data collection and transmission with encrypted protocols ensuring data integrity.
• Visualization dashboards for energy consumption insights, trend analysis, and report generation.
• Scalable architecture supporting multi-user roles and microservices deployment.
• Support for integration with external energy sources, including solar panels and storage systems.

• Smart hardware devices such as circuit breakers, solar inverters, and storage controllers
• External APIs for renewable energy systems and utility data feeds
• Device recognition and control modules
• Analytics and visualization tools

• System scalability to handle data from thousands of households and energy modules
• High availability with 99.9% uptime
• Low latency for real-time monitoring and control responses (sub-second responses)
• Robust security measures including data encryption and access control
• Support for offline operation modes with data synchronization
• Ease of installation and user onboarding

The deployment of the developed platform is expected to enable cost savings for end-users through optimized energy usage, with potential savings exceeding $10,000 per household in storage installation efficiency. It will provide stakeholders with advanced visibility and control, facilitate renewable energy adoption, and enhance grid stability. The system aims to support scalable deployment across diverse markets, leading to increased market share and recognition as an innovator in green energy technology.