Home Automation and Security incorporating Electricity Conservation

Abstract

The project illustrates an Ethernet based smart home intelligent system which supervises the energy consumption of the electrical appliances or devices in our daily use by tracking their real time working at home .The project makes use of INTEL GALILEO 2ND generation development board which is portable enough that it can be used in houses and colonies. The project keeps a track of the appliances being used or not and it also provides us with a feature to control them remotely by merely the use of verbal instruction which is made possible by the use of the android based app in our project. The project uses various sensor to keep a track of the devices whether they are working or not and it also provides security to the home by keeping a check on the presence of any unexpected person. The project remotely monitors and controls the working of the appliances by using the android app which can be provided connectivity either by internet or intranet. The project helps the user to check any surplus usage of any appliance hence cutting a substantial amount of electricity bill on yearly bases .Apart from this the project also helps the user to manage his home security by keeping a check on any intrusion at his home or any unexpected event like fire ,etc. when the user is not there. With the help of this security feature of the project the user can take counter measures on time to prevent any potential disaster at his home quite easily. Apart from reducing the surplus usage of any appliance and providing security to the home the project also provides the user with an environment where all his daily tasks can be completed with ease and with lesser consumption of time as it provides the user with an option of activating or deactivating a device by using his voice or simple toggle touch on their smartphone and last but most importantly track the operation so as to conserve the limited natural resources by reducing electricity consumption.