Demand response enabled sustainable smart home design in the middle east environment

© 2016 IEEE. This paper proposes a prototype of a Self-Sustainable Solar-powered smart house to be implemented in the Middle East climate. The proposed system aims to reduce the reliance on nonrenewable energy sources and emphasizes the importance of green energy as a main source of energy. Furthermore, it introduces responsiveness of the loads to trigger demand response. This paper will cover the development of the proposed system, and design a simple residential nanogrid as part of the operating system of the solar system. Moreover, it will cover the initial load calculations, energy calculations for sizing suitable battery storage and PV arrays, and define the electric structure of the nanogrid. Another feature of the system is the smart IoT system that consists of a smart system for monitoring and controlling the power consumption in the smart house, and a mobile application that provides the user with access and ability to view the statistics, and control the loads.