lFractal loT: A Scalable loT Framework for Energy Management in Connected Buildings

Reported status of traditional energy and renewable energy resources indicate that their shortage is increasing at a rate twice that of the energy demand. This has motivated researchers to explore techniques for efficient, systematic management of energy. In this work we propose a fractal IoT architecture for smart community to addressed the challenges such as variation of energy availability, accessibility and demand. The architecture is deployed and tested in several scenarios such as Smart Building Smart Grid and Microgrid. A solar Microgrid setup is installed in a tribal village in Kerala, India consisting of 42 homes. This paper explains how the different features are integrated to develop smart buildings, and self-sustainable autonomous neighborhood's using these multiple case studies. The experimental result shows that the system is able to achieve the IoT features such as adaptability, interoperability and scalability by providing consistent performance in the hostel buildings with 800 occupants as well as homes totaling of 126 occupants in the tribal village.