Question 1

What is eCloud Akıllı Ev Sistemleri?

Accepted Answer

A smart home platform that optimises energy use with AI that learns user behaviour, with biometric security and IoT integration. Developed under the TÜBİTAK 1501 Industrial R&D Programme (project no. 3241891).

Question 2

How are energy savings achieved?

Accepted Answer

The system learns consumption habits; it runs high-consumption appliances during off-peak hours, optimises heating/cooling to occupancy, and manages lighting with sensors.

Question 3

How does bill analysis work?

Accepted Answer

You upload electricity, water and gas bills from the mobile app via camera or gallery. AIGENCY-based OCR reads the bill, analyses consumption and provides personalised savings advice.

Question 4

What are the security features?

Accepted Answer

Automatic door access via face recognition, iris scanning at high-security points, security-camera image analysis and instant alerts via anomaly detection.

Question 5

Which IoT protocols are supported?

Accepted Answer

Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN and Thread. It integrates with PIR motion, temperature and gas sensors.

Question 6

How does it reduce carbon footprint?

Accepted Answer

Carbon footprint is calculated from consumption data; integrating with renewables like solar panels it optimises energy use, aligned with the European Green Deal targets.

Question 7

Which platforms can it run on?

Accepted Answer

Used on iOS and Android via a React Native (Expo) mobile app. It includes Supabase authentication, a real-time power dashboard and a monthly consumption chart.

Question 8

Who can use it?

Accepted Answer

Individual homeowners, apartment/complex administrations, tenants and green-building projects. The system scales to both single-home and collective-management scenarios.