The United States and countries throughout the world are facing unprecedented energy challenges in a carbon-constrained world. Rising residential energy consumption and electric power demand play a major role in these energy challenges, and present an environmentally friendly opportunity through demand-side management. This book presents new control technologies for residential energy management that bridge energy efficiency and load management by taking advantage of a new class computing called wireless sensor networks. A survey of residential energy efficiency and load management approaches...
The United States and countries throughout the world are facing unprecedented energy challenges in a carbon-constrained world. Rising residential ener...
In recent years, large scale incidents have increasingly become a major global problem, from terrorism to natural disasters. Emergency responders are ill-equipped, needing improved information and communication tools. This book describes development of new technologies to mitigate emergencies and to help first-responders be more effective at large urban/industrial incidents. It begins with a 'user-needs' study conducted with major US Fire Departments, highlighting the need for improved communication and visual spatial information. Later Chapters describe a wireless sensor network that can...
In recent years, large scale incidents have increasingly become a major global problem, from terrorism to natural disasters. Emergency responders are ...
