In Smart buildings, electric loads are affected by an
important distortion in the current and voltage waveforms,
caused by the increasing proliferation of non linear electronic
devices. This paper presents an approach on non sinusoidal
power theory based on Geometric Algebra that clearly improves
traditional methods in the optimization of apparent power and
power factor compensation. An example is included that
demonstrates the superiority of this approach compared with
traditional methods.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
