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In this paper, we investigate whether "big-data" is more valuable than "precise" data for the problem of energy disaggregation: the process of breaking down aggregate energy usage on a per-appliance basis. Existing techniques for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-11-11 Nipun Batra , Amarjeet Singh , Kamin Whitehouse

Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) offers a cost-effective method to obtain fine-grained appliance-level energy consumption in smart homes and building applications. However, the increasing adoption of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Xudong Wang , Guoming Tang , Junyu Xue , Srinivasan Keshav , Tongxin Li , Chris Ding

With the increased demand on economy and efficiency of measurement technology, Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) has received more and more attention as a cost-effective way to monitor electricity and provide feedback to users. Deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-28 Gan Zhou , Zhi Li , Meng Fu , Yanjun Feng , Xingyao Wang , Chengwei Huang

Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM), which usually utilizes machine learning methods and is effective in disaggregating smart meter readings from the household-level into appliance-level consumptions, can help to analyze electricity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Shuang Dai , Fanlin Meng , Qian Wang , Xizhong Chen

Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) or energy disaggregation aims to extract the load profiles of individual consumer electronic appliances, given an aggregate load profile of the mains of a smart home. This work proposes a novel…

Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is an advanced, and cost-effective technique for monitoring appliance-level energy consumption. However, its adaptability is hindered by the lack of transparency and explainability. To address this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Grigorii Gerasimov , Ilia Kamyshev , Sahar Moghimian Hoosh , Elena Gryazina , Henni Ouerdane

Individual device loads and energy consumption feedback is one of the important approaches for pursuing users to save energy in residences. This can help in identifying faulty devices and wasted energy by devices when left On unused. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-10 Ronak Aghera , Sahil Chilana , Vishal Garg , Raghunath Reddy

In the recent years, there has been an increasing academic and industrial interest for analyzing the electrical consumption of commercial buildings. Whilst having similarities with the Non Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) tasks for…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Simon Henriet , Umut Simsekli , Benoit Fuentes , Gaël Richard

Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) is an advanced load monitoring technique that uses data-driven algorithms to disaggregate the total power consumption of a household into the consumption of individual appliances. However, real-world…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Sahar Moghimian Hoosh , Ilia Kamyshev , Henni Ouerdane

In this demonstration, we present an open source toolkit for evaluating non-intrusive load monitoring research; a field which aims to disaggregate a household's total electricity consumption into individual appliances. The toolkit contains:…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-11-11 Jack Kelly , Nipun Batra , Oliver Parson , Haimonti Dutta , William Knottenbelt , Alex Rogers , Amarjeet Singh , Mani Srivastava

Improving energy efficiency is a necessity in the fight against climate change. Non Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) systems give important information about the household consumption that can be used by the electric utility or the end…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-30 Franco Marchesoni-Acland , Camilo Mariño , Elías Masquil , Pablo Masaferro , Alicia Fernández

We propose a novel approach to enable Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) for Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring (NIALM), also known as Energy Disaggregation, through Bayesian Optimization. NIALM offers a cost-effective alternative to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Armin Moin , Ukrit Wattanavaekin , Alexandra Lungu , Stephan Rössler , Stephan Günnemann

The textile industry in Bangladesh is one of the most energy-intensive sectors, yet its monitoring practices remain largely outdated, resulting in inefficient power usage and high operational costs. To address this, we propose a real-time…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Md Istiauk Hossain Rifat , Moin Khan , Zohara Kamal , Md Borhan Uddin Khan , Mohammad Zunaed

Energy disaggregation estimates appliance-by-appliance electricity consumption from a single meter that measures the whole home's electricity demand. Compared with intrusive load monitoring, NILM (Non-intrusive load monitoring) is low cost,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Jonah Edmonds , Zahraa S. Abdallah

Energy disaggregation (a.k.a nonintrusive load monitoring, NILM), a single-channel blind source separation problem, aims to decompose the mains which records the whole house electricity consumption into appliance-wise readings. This problem…

Applications · Statistics 2018-01-19 Chaoyun Zhang , Mingjun Zhong , Zongzuo Wang , Nigel Goddard , Charles Sutton

Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is a field of research focused on segregating constituent electrical loads in a system based only on their aggregated signal. Significant computational resources and research time are spent training…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Richard Jones , Christoph Klemenjak , Stephen Makonin , Ivan V. Bajic

Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM), as a key load monitoring technology, can much reduce the deployment cost of traditional power sensors. Previous research has largely focused on developing cloud-exclusive NILM algorithms, which often…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-24 Junyu Xue , Yu Zhang , Xudong Wang , Yi Wang , Guoming Tang

Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) aims at separating a whole-home energy signal into its appliance components. Such method can be harnessed to provide various services to better manage and control energy consumption (optimal planning and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-10-28 Saad Mohamad , Abdelhamid Bouchachia

Being able to track appliances energy usage without the need of sensors can help occupants reduce their energy consumption to help save the environment all while saving money. Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) tries to do just that. One…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-26 Alejandro Rodriguez-Silva , Stephen Makonin

Residential buildings with the ability to monitor and control their net-load (sum of load and generation) can provide valuable flexibility to power grid operators. We present a novel multiclass nonintrusive load monitoring (NILM) approach…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-24 Govind Saraswat , Blake Lundstrom , Murti V Salapaka