Smart Real-Time Electricity Monitoring and Remote Control System in Smart Homes

Abstract

The rapid advancement of technology has significantly transformed modern living standards, driving an increasing demand for smart home automation solutions which are designed to optimize energy consumption, enhance user convenience, and provide remote controlling and monitoring capabilities. However, existing systems often suffer from high complexity, elevated costs, proprietary constraints, and incompatibility limiting their accessibility. This proposed project aims to develop an open-source, cost-effective, and user-friendly home automation system by integrating an Arduino microcontroller with a web-based control interface. The proposed system is designed to provide control household appliances, enhancing convenience and energy efficiency. By utilizing a wireless network, the system established a stable connection with the Arduino, demonstrating its effectiveness as a practical and accessible home automation solution. The final implementation successfully enabled remote control of household appliances through a mobile application, and web browser and automatically shut down any device whose consumption reaches a specific value. The accuracy of applying the new system to households reaches 98% and it is demonstrating improved performance as compared to existing systems. The project encourages smarter usage of electricity, reducing costs and therefore benefiting the environment.