  This paper presents an intelligent home energy management system integrated
with dispatchable loads (e.g., clothes washers and dryers), distributed
renewable generators (e.g., roof-top solar panels), and distributed energy
storage devices (e.g., plug-in electric vehicles). The overall goal is to
reduce the total operating costs and the carbon emissions for a future
residential house, while satisfying the end-users comfort levels. This paper
models a wide variety of home appliances and formulates the economic operation
problem using mixed integer linear programming. Case studies are performed to
validate and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solution algorithm.
Simulation results also show the positive impact of dispatchable loads,
distributed renewable generators, and distributed energy storage devices on a
future residential house.
