Green Planning Systems for Self-Consumption of Renewable Energy

—Rising temperatures on Earth have led to the exploration of new technologies to help curbing the severe effects of Climate Change. Green Planning systems belong to a new type of Internet-based technology that aim to use computing resources efﬁciently to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. The rapid advancement of renewable energy generation infrastructure and the lack of energy storage solutions at scale have highlighted the importance of energy self-consumption principles in new domains (e.g., heating/cooling, electromobility, appliances), which refer to the process of intelligently consuming energy at the time it is available. This paper analyzes existing green planning systems, energy management applications, and future challenges deploying self-consumption of renewable energy. We also present experiences of a green planning system we developed in-house. Our overview and categorization will be helpful to a variety of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to make their systems environmentally friendly.