Energy and water are wasted by the ton in a badly designed home. In emerging markets this can be a specific challenge , where resources are less plentiful and utility costs are high relative to citizen salaries.
Even in homes that are designed with efficiency in mind, energy and water use can increase beyond the original estimates, counting on behaviour and need of a community. Rising bills can negatively influence a homeowner’s ability to satisfy monthly bond and loan payments.
This is where AI (Artificial Intelligence) can come to the rescue of erratic tendencies in human behavior. Part of this solution is advanced metering instruments (AMI) and smart meters, which should be preinstalled in residences to assist occupants make better daily energy choices. Smart meters could capture utility usage and track indoor temperatures then deploy that information for action, which is where AI steps in. This I where networked communications infrastructure and possibly even the escalation of M2M (machine to machine) and IoT (internet of things) will play a major role. Without these technologies, there is no smartness in a city!
While the concept around such city planning is new, an AI-based framework could collect data from smart meters in an anonymous way then interpret and share it for better decision-making by multiple stakeholders, from residents and builders to utilities and governments. Using smart meters and AI, homes would become the last word example of biomimicry (the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modelled on biological entities and processes), acting like redwood trees that grow and protect one another through interconnected roots. This “living” city with Ambient Intelligence would emerge as a subset of Artifical Intelligence applications.
While the concept of smart homes has had several false dawns in recent decades, new technologies are now mature enough to vie for a new breed of townplanners and city designers. This will vastly improve the control of energy and water use. These technologies can now become so interconnected and intelligent that human intervention is barely needed. For thermal comfort in hot climates with the smallest amount amount of energy use, for instance , AI technologies could cool a home by opening a window when outside temperatures are preferable and air quality is suitable, or start a ceiling fan, shade windows to scale back glare, and cycle the air con . the acceptable temperature would be reached counting on who is home and during which room they're located, with a persona-based approach concerning historical preferences.
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