Development of Smart Utility Management System

In recent years, the problem of global warming has brought home energy consumption to the forefront

worldwide. Grid stabilization is a matter of national security as well as household efficiency. Therefore

the goal of this MITACS project is to continue the development a Smart Utility Management System

(SUMS) to manage power consumption, reduce peak usage and decrease consumer costs. SUMS will

be designed to serve as an intelligent agent for consumers who will grant limited autonomy to it for

adjusting operation times of appliances. To do that, the SUMS will obtain the price index from various

utilities in addition to regional environment forecasts to manage devices operation and optimize cost

and consumption of the electricity usage, based on the users’ preferences, the level of the autonomy

granted to SUMS, and predictions from historical data.

This project is a continuation of an NSERC Engage-funded for feasibility study conducted by

Surrounds Technologies Inc. and SFU. So far, the research team has completed…………………………….

Faculty Supervisor:

Siamak Arzanpour

Student:

Partner:

Surround Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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