ESA2022: Energy Smart Appliances: Applications, methodologies, and challenges |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esa2022 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 20, 2022 |
Submission deadline | June 1, 2022 |
Wiley IEEE Press Series Call for book chapters
Book title: Energy Smart Appliances: Applications, methodologies, and challenges
Synopsis
Currently, household appliances are responsible for about two-thirds of the energy consumed by buildings. Energy labeling of household appliances helps improve their energy efficiency. These energy labels provide a clear and simple indication of the energy efficiency category, making it easier for consumers to save money on their household energy bills. A smart appliance is popularly recognized as having some degree of electronic processing and wireless connectivity. Sometimes called network appliances or Internet appliances, more and more appliances are incorporating smart features that make household tasks easier. It can be as simple as receiving an alert if your refrigerator door is open or remotely turning off your room's air conditioner from your smartphone if you forget before leaving home. Or as complex as having your dryer adjust the cycle time automatically with built-in sensors to help you reduce your dryer's energy use, or remotely controlling your oven from your smartphone or through a voice assistant. With the Internet of things sub-metering devices embedded in home appliances, it is even now possible to measure and record the overall energy consumption of the household and then, with the result of a machine learning model, accurately predict the behavior of individual appliances by employing these data.
Some of those appliances offer consumers novel "smart grid features" intended to include complex demand response policies. These have been properly called “Energy Smart Appliances” and can modulate or shift their electricity consumption in response to external signals such as price information, local measurements, or direct control commands. While we have seen the widespread success of smart thermostats in utility schemes, other smart energy options have seen limited adoption. Overall, we expect smart home systems to become increasingly important components of utilities' residential demand-side management, customer engagement, and decarbonization initiatives. There is therefore a need to better establish the energy and non-energy benefits of different devices and systems, and to identify best practices in utility programs. This book aims to provide utilities and appliance manufacturers with new approaches to better understand real-world performance, assess actual energy benefits, and tailor each technology to the needs of their customers.
However, the smart home appliance sector is currently at a crossroads. While it is expected to see impressive growth in these products, several challenges threaten to slow down their progression. On the one hand, consumers are reluctant to pay higher prices for first-generation smart appliances, probably because it is unclear whether these costs justify the value, perhaps because they do not yet understand the advantages of connected appliances. On the other hand, although hardware prices have come down, especially those related to connectivity, appliance manufacturers have encountered new technical hurdles. The most notable of these challenges is improving interoperability. Another implicit challenge is what value consumers receive in exchange for giving up some privacy. How should manufacturers collect data on how consumers use the appliance? This book will also address these challenges and present the different solutions adopted by the main players in this market.
List of Topics
This book aims at establishing a common ground to provide solutions and best practices around Energy Smart Appliances. The following focus areas could be considered (not limited to):
- Introduction to Energy Smart Appliances. Motivation. Past and future.
- History and evolution of household appliances regarding energy efficiency.
- Regulatory and Standardization efforts. State of the art. Expectations and recommendations
- Enabling technologies for Energy Smart Appliances. Internet of things (IoT) devices and technology. Active energy efficiency measures in residential environments. High-efficiency electronics. High-efficiency insulators. High-efficiency heating and cooling. The self-sufficient renewable-powered house. Solar plus Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage. Electric vehicles (V2G)
- Smart home and appliances. Where are we heading in terms of the overall smart homes’ future? The number of devices. Sensors available all-around Energy impact from these devices. Consumer acceptance of smart technologies
- Demand-side management and demand response. The concepts. Overall system/appliances readiness. Statistics on connected. Appliances. Ideal energy management scenario to drive demand response. Network availability. Cross coordination. Interoperability. Cost of energy. Risks. Unexpected behaviors/Users. Network. Security Challenges. Where is the industry heading? Edge, M2M, Cloud, Data analytics, etc.
- Privacy and Users. Perceived security, protocols. Privacy preservation in the smart home environment
- Energy Smart Appliances: best practices and success stories. Refrigerator. Washer. Dryer. Oven/Stove. Dishwasher. Water Heater. Furnace. Electric vehicles (V2G)
Academics, researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and professionals are invited to contribute with book chapters. They should consider submitting a full chapter within the timeline provided hereunder.
Important Dates / Deadlines
- Chapter proposal submission including title, a brief introduction, and table of contents (250-1000 words): 20 January 2022
- Proposal Acceptance Notification: 10 February 2022
- Full Chapter Submission (around 30 pages): 01 June 2022
- Revised Chapter Submission: 30 June 2022
- Publication Available (Tentative): 20 July 2022
Publication
The Book will be published by Wiley, UK. The relevant template or guidelines will be provided.
Editors
Antonio Moreno-Muñoz (amoreno@uco.es), Neomar Giacomini (Neomar_Giacomini@whirlpool.com)
Submission Procedure
Chapter proposal submissions (including title, a brief introduction, and a table of content) are invited from researchers and practitioners on or before the deadline. Proposals should be limited to between 250-1000 words, explaining the mission and concerns of the topics and how it fits into the general theme of the book.
Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered. Please submit it through EasyChair using the following submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esa2022 and/or send your proposal through email to the editors (amoreno@uco.es).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to editors.