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Every house has a large number of electronic appliances that are able to gather information about the energy habits of the occupancies. These device are able can communicate each other through Bluetooth, Wi or usb. At the same time the possibility to have a broadband Internet connection, year by year, is covering the majority of the EU territory. These two factor could be joined together to reduce the energy consumption. Utilizing the HAN to meter the energy consumption and to increase the awareness of the people is one of the main goal of the smart grids. Many hypothesis on the development of smart grids and home area networks for energy optimization are been made during the last years. Basically a smart grid is a power grid with capabilities of self regulation and energy optimization. Smart grids can transmit data to buildings about energy tari , energy load and peak use. Unfortunately the implementation of a smart grid it required a large amount of capital and it is hard to draw a payback plan. The network and hardware technologies to implement energy e ciency house systems are available at low cost and could be really e ective. This is the reason why many companies are selling devices that can meter the energy consumption. Manyof these devices are able to turn on or o devices with a smart phone or from an outside house location using the internet connection. These networks could be used in a more extensive way for demand side management or to draw house pro le to target energy improvements measures.

The Role of Home Area Network in the Buildings of the Future (Introduction)

During the last decades Home Area Network (HAN) became common in the houses. Usually the main component is a router that allow the internet access to every device that need it. These posts will introduces the benefits and the effectiveness of utilising this networks to optimise the energy consumption in the residential buildings. They will take into account the relevant residential penetration of renewable energies. They will focus on different European projects aimed to increase the awareness of the energy behaviour of the occupancies and guide them to a more environmental friendly habits. They will stress the benefit of the energy metering for choosing the best energy improvement measure in the housea. They will focus on the HAN improvement for the future houses.

Ireland and Smartmeters

It is not new that Ireland are planning to use smartmeter for every single house. Many agree but many others have concerns...