SPOT-ENERGY: A User-Centric Platform for Energy Simulation, Prediction and Optimization

SPOT-Energy is a scalable, modular platform for appliance-level energy simulation, forecasting, and cost optimization. It leverages a Conditional Variational Autoencoder (CVAE) to model behavioral demand fluctuations, and combines Prophet time-series analysis with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and CatBoost regressors for accurate, appliance-specific forecasts. Its intuitive web interface provides interactive dashboards, detailed consumption insights, cost projections, and AI-driven recommendations. Custom alerts and budget-tracking tools enable timely user interventions and promote energy-conscious habits. Validation on synthetic user profiles confirms SPOT-Energy’s ability to uncover inefficiencies and guide proactive, data-driven energy decisions.