A Review on Smart Home based on Ambient Intelligence, Contextual Awareness and Internet of Things (IoT) in Constructing Thermally Comfortable and Energy Aware House

Abstract

This survey intends to identify the techniques surrounding a construction of a house that is thermally comfortable and energy aware and IoT enabled. The automated home has renewed interest in recent years largely due to ubiquitous communication and lower cost in computational unit. The Internet of Things (IoT), context awareness and ambient intelligence are the key technologies elements under research for realization of the modern smart home. However, these elements are often implemented individually. This study provides a comprehensive review of the above mentioned methods for constructing of a smart home. In this review, the context-aware application for smart home is discussed extensively in term of thermal comfort and energy optimization base on occupancy. The discussion is centered on intelligence technique which can provide an ambient intelligence home with inclusion of IoT sensor network. This review therein provides a functional mapping on solving the relevant problem surrounding thermal comfort and energy awareness in construction of a smart house.