Wellness Protocol: An Integrated Framework for Ambient Assisted Living : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Electronics, Information and Communication Systems At School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Manawatu Campus, New Zealand

Listed in 2016 Dean's List of Exceptional ThesesSmart and intelligent homes of today and tomorrow are committed to enhancing the security, safety and comfort of the occupants. In the present scenario, most of the smart homes Protocols are limited to controlled activities environments for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) of the elderly and the convalescents. The aim of this research is to develop a Wellness Protocol that forecasts the wellness of any individual living in the AAL environment. This is based on wireless sensors and networks that are applied to data mining and machine learning to monitor the activities of daily living. The heterogeneous sensor and actuator nodes, based on WSNs are deployed into the home environment. These nodes generate the real-time data related to the object usage and other movements inside the home, to forecast the wellness of an individual. The new Protocol has been designed and developed to be suitable especially for the smart home system. The Protocol is reliable, efficient, flexible, and economical for wireless sensor networks based AAL. According to consumer demand, the Wellness Protocol based smart home systems can be easily installed with existing households without any significant changes and with a user-friendly interface. Additionally, the Wellness Protocol has extended to designing a smart building environment for an apartment. In the endeavour of smart home design and implementation, the Wellness Protocol deals with large data handling and interference mitigation. A Wellness based smart home monitoring system is the application of automation with integral systems of accommodation facilities to boost and progress the everyday life of an occupant

PENERAPAN PROTOKOL PUBLISH / SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING SYSTEM PADA SISTEM WIRELESS BUILDING NETWORK BERBASIS NRF24L01

Wireless sensor network is a common method used in the design of shared resource interconnection infrastructure at a location point to provide optimal performance. The main factor in the design of a wireless sensor network (WSN) communication protocol in the form of coordination optimization efforts between nodes, one of the effective methods that can be made to achieve such conditions is the provision of nodes using the publish / subscribe messaging system protocol. This research discusses the implementation of publish / subscribe messaging system protocol on wireless building network system based on NRF2L01. Discussions include simulation, design, implementation, application testing and system performance both on a work-to-work and performance-by-node performance. The results showed the system was able to monitor all information and control equipment from a building through a web interface making it easier for officers to maintain and supervise a building, then to test the performance of nodes with a fixed data packet size of 32 bytes, the delay value for each node is less than 1 second, then for the minimum throughput 250 kbps data rate obtained at 5.9 Kbps and the maximum throughput obtained at 72 Kbps and for packet loss of at least 0.59% while the maximum packet loss of 13.23% and the standard deviation value of delay, throughput and packet loss are smaller than the average value, the data is not very varied (stable)

Developing the system of collecting, storing and processing information from solar collectors

В данной статье представлена новая методика управления системой сбора, хранения и обработки информации от солнечных коллекторов, которая может применяться для обогрева промышленных и бытовых отсеков для горячего водоснабжения. Наиболее выгодное использование солнечных коллекторов в промышленности - замена помех от человека сетями беспроводных датчиков. Стандартная система солнечного коллектора потребляет в среднем 30% тепла из-за плохого управления и конфигурации. Наша система контроля и управления позволяет повысить производительность обогрева производственных и бытовых помещений с помощью солнечного коллектора для горячего водоснабжения

Developing the system of collecting, storing and processing information from solar collectors

В данной статье представлена новая методика управления системой сбора, хранения и обработки информации от солнечных коллекторов, которая может применяться для обогрева промышленных и бытовых отсеков для горячего водоснабжения. Наиболее выгодное использование солнечных коллекторов в промышленности - замена помех от человека сетями беспроводных датчиков. Стандартная система солнечного коллектора потребляет в среднем 30% тепла из-за плохого управления и конфигурации. Наша система контроля и управления позволяет повысить производительность обогрева производственных и бытовых помещений с помощью солнечного коллектора для горячего водоснабжения

How do smart building projects define and deliver value? A classification of business modelling characteristics to support design and development

Both public administrations and real estate developers have been investing in innovative Smart Building projects to reduce energy consumption while improving housing quality and occupant comfort. Despite a booming market and an ever-growing academic interest in Smart Building technologies, few studies are available to understand the value generated by Smart Building projects and how these initiatives are able to achieve business success and distribute value to their stakeholders. To fill this gap, this study presents an empirical analysis of 300 Smart Building projects implemented internationally. The projects’ characteristics have been analyzed on a business model framework in order to identify general concepts and discarding redundant information. The result of this effort has been a classification of business modelling characteristics able to illustrate the main value and business objectives pursued by Smart Buildings projects and the strategies through which these projects distribute and deliver value to their customers and stakeholders. This study presents two main implications. First, it helps scholars in their study on the development and implementation of Smart Building projects. Second, it supports the decision-making processes of both public and private developers acting as a collection of best practices for the design and development of Smart Building initiatives

Improved Computer-oriented Method for Processing of Measurement Information on Greenhouse Microclimate

The article presents results of field testing and experimental studies on improvement of the computer-oriented method of aggregation and processing of measurement information on microclimate parameters of industrial greenhouses. The technology was developed and tested in the laboratory. It consists of a hardware component based on Arduino Mega 2560 and Ethernet Shield W5100 and modern sensor devices, a software module based on Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware® and a remote database of monitoring results on the ThingSpeak® server. The technology proposed in the article has a modular structure and is adaptive to types and periods of vegetation of cultivated crops. The obtained research results constitute scientific and practical basis for conducting further priority research on implementation of the developed technology into actual production conditions for growing protected crops

A SMART HOME SYSTEM BASED ON SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

This paper presents a new approach to utilize technology in a practical and meaningful manner within a smart home system that can be widely deployed into residential settings. In the modern world, people are rapidly turning to technology as a fast and cost-effective way of improving quality of daily living. This primary goal is to address the needs of the end user by employing networked low-power sensors sensitive to the environment, so it can be altered to their liking. The proposed system consists of following steps: direct environment sensing, collecting and analyzing data and then allowing user to customize the settings and initiate specific commands. This research will present the design and implementation of a practical and simple smart home system, which can be further extended. The system is based on: group of sensors, Raspberry Pi device as a server system and Bluetooth as a communication protocol. These devices can be easily controlled via user-friendly interface for Android phones. The main advantage of the proposed system is that it is a sensible, secure and easily configurable system that provides end users with a neat home automation solution

THE CONCEPT FOR THE “SMART HOME” CONTROLLED BY A SMARTWATCH

In this paper a “Smart Home“ solution is proposed in which power plugs in a remote room can be controlled by a smartwatch, an Android mobile device or a PHP web app. Communication between these devices takes place in real time via server using Node.js technology. An electrical circuit for determining current and voltage on the plugs via Arduino Wi-Fi module sends the measured values to the server, based on which the electrical energy consumption in each time interval can be determined. All the measured values are stored in MySQL database and used for creation of appropriate reports. Smartwatch app enables remote plugging and unplugging. In addition, the setting of limits for electrical energy consumption on each plug is enabled, as well as the power of the consumption device that can be plugged. Exceeding of the allowed values leads to the automatic unplugging

Evaluación de tecnologías inalámbricas en redes de área doméstica para obtener la curva característica de carga en edificios inteligentes

Los sistemas inteligentes introducen aplicaciones innovadoras con características múltiples e interdisciplinarias que abordan aspectos como la integración segura de energías renovables, la distribución de energía a la red, sistemas eléctricos eficientes y el control y monitoreo de los sistemas de distribución a través de la respuesta de la demanda. Bajo este contexto, la implementación de edificios inteligentes de alta eficiencia permitirá, a través de la integración de la medición inteligente, la incorporación de sistemas de generación renovable y la adecuada gestión de la energía. Por lo expuesto y a fin de observar las ventajas que brinda la integración de la medición inteligente en la gestión de la demanda y determinación de la curva característica de carga, el presente trabajo se centrará en realizar una evaluación de las tecnologías inalámbricas: ZIGBEE, ZWAVE Y WIFI que permiten obtener mediciones reales de la carga en edificios inteligentes tomando en consideración sus características, seguridad, ventajas, desventajas, usos y aplicaciones.Intelligent systems introduce innovative applications with multiple and interdisciplinary characteristics that address aspects such as: the safe integration of renewable energies, the distribution of energy to the grid, efficient electrical systems; and, the control and monitoring of distribution systems through demand response. In this context, the implementation of smart buildings with high efficiency will allow, through the integration of smart metering, the incorporation of renewable generation systems and the adequate management of energy. In order to observe the advantages offered by the integration of intelligent measurement in the management of demand and determination of the load characteristic, the present paper will focus on an evaluation of wireless technologies ZIGBEE, ZWAVE and WIFI that allow to obtain real measurements of the load in intelligent buildings taking into consideration their characteristics, safety, advantages, disadvantages, uses and applications