One of the main global challenges in the last few years has been to improve energy
efficiency. In this area, the residential sector is responsible for a considerable proportion of …

In recent years, reduction of energy consumption in buildings has increasingly gained
interest among researchers mainly due to practical reasons, such as economic advantages …

Smart home is an evolving technological innovation that originates from the numerous
application areas of the Internet of Things (IoT). As the world is driving more and more closer …

Smart homes have been viewed with increasing interest by both home owners and the
research community in the past few years. One reason for this development is that the use of …

The area of smart homes is fast developing as an emergent area attracting the synergy of
several areas of science. Here we offer a collection of contributions addressing how artificial …

Home Automation Systems (HAS) attracted much attention during the last decade due to the
developments in new wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth 4.0, 5G, WiFi 6, etc. In order …

This article reviewed the state-of-the-art applications of the Internet of things (IoT) technology
applied in homes for making them smart, automated, and digitalized in many respects. The …

Today, 44% of global energy has been derived from fossil fuel, which currently poses a
threat to inhabitants and well-being of the environment. In a recent investigation of the global …

Smart energy in buildings is an important research area of Internet of Things (IoT). As
important parts of the smart grids, the energy efficiency of buildings is vital for the …

New technological advancements allow the Internet to penetrate in embedded computing.
IPv6 envisions to merge the physical and the digital world, through the Internet. The Web of …