Inspiration
Energy efficiency is a global issue.
What it does
A Smart Energy Saving System is an energy-efficient, lighting, humidity and temperature solution to reduce electricity wastage and enhance user convenience. Using light, motion, temperature and humidity sensors, this Arduino system can control lighting based on ambient light levels and human presence. It will convey messages to the user through LED lighting combinations when there is a high temperature or humidity, so that the user can save energy by turning down their thermostats or humidifier. The RGB led combinations will convey messages to the user as follows: low humidity = redlight on light detected = blue light on, white light off no light detected, no motion detected = green light and white light both on
How we built it
We utilized an Arduino UNO board and temperature, humidity, phototransistor and motion sensors and RGB LEDs to program this compact system.
Challenges we ran into
Learning Arduino code for sensors and downloading appropriate libraries for the temperature and humidity sensor.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Our system can correctly identify light and motion. It accurately conveys messages to the user through combinations of RBG LEDs.
What we learned
- Arduino coding basics for the DHT.11 sensor and PIR motion sensor. ## What's next for Smart Energy Saving System Next steps are to develop a display to convey information to the user.
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