Consumption Profile Optimization in Smart City Vision

The existing trend of consumption increase and population growth, combined with reduction of primary energy resources, determined adoption of energy efficiency increase measures to better cope with the existing necessities. The main characteristics of smart cities are starting to be defined such that to be applied to various cities with different population, sizes and level of technology development. In the future smart cities, the consumer will have a determinant role, possibly becoming a prosumer with consumption/generation profiles scheduled such that to maximize his utility. This paper will contribute to the understanding of smart consumers and intelligent buildings within the smart cities (optimized consumption patterns, demand side management, energy efficiency-all that using price signals information).