AIM - FP7 ICT Call 2

A novel architecture for modelling, virtualising and managing the energy consumption of household appliances

FP7 WorkProgram Objective: ICT for Environmental Management and Energy Efficiency
EU funding: 2.61 million euro
Project web site: http://www.ict-aim.eu

The main objective of the project is to foster a harmonised technology for managing in real time the energy consumption of appliances at home, interworking this information to communication devices over the home network and virtualising it with the final aim of making it available to users through home communication networks in the form of standalone or network operator services.
The main idea is to provide a generalised method for managing the power consumption of devices that are either powered on or in stand-by state. Especially for the second category of devices, the project will conceive autonomous, self-programmable mechanisms for stand-by state detection and power off, using all-device-fit, harmonised, own-developed interfaces.
AIM will apply its technology on white goods (refrigerators, kitchens, washing machines, driers), communication devices (cordless phones and wireless communication devices for domestic use) and audiovisual equipment (TV Sets and Set-top-boxes)
It will be built around 3 use-cases:
1) Use-case for residential users (intelligent power management service for autonomous energy preservation).
2) Use-case for governmental organizations (metering service for energy planning and CoC compliance testing).
3) Use-case for legacy services operators (remote monitoring and management).

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