Background: With the rapid population ageing that is occurring world-wide, there is
increasing interest in “smart home” technologies that can assist older adults to continue …

The population of elderly people keeps increasing rapidly, which becomes a predominant
aspect of our societies. As such, solutions both efficacious and cost-effective need to be …

Buildings are responsible for a large portion of the world's energy consumption. Any
measure that can be taken to optimize the use of energy related to them must be considered …

Homes are becoming an ecosystem of digital devices and appliances, which can be
interconnected and controlled. This interconnection can be facilitated by a central smart hub …

Considering that the world population is aging, health-support issues are in evidence, and
many dangerous situations concerning users in their living environment may arise. This …

Domotics, concerned with the realization of intelligent home environments, is a novel field
which can highly benefit from solutions inspired by service-oriented principles to enhance …

In this study we revisit Weiser's (1991)[5] vision of seamlessly integrated computing. We
focus on nomadic workers who rely extensively on mobile technologies to conduct work …

In its more visionary acceptation, the smart grid is a model of energy management in which
the users are engaged in producing energy as well as consuming it, while having …

Web service-based systems are built orchestrating loosely coupled, standardized, and
internetworked programs. If on the one hand, Web services address the interoperability …

Building managers need effective tools to improve occupants' experiences considering
constraints of energy efficiency. Current building management systems are limited to …