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Devarapalli, Dr. Dharmaiah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5804-5880
Yeddu, Sri Datta Shanmukh Sai https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0844-9058
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Tupaakula, Phani Harshitha https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5987-5943
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Hamid, Shaik Rehan https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8785-4230
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Jasti, Santhosh https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4084-5204
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Journal Name: International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)
Declaration
Conflicts of Interest: Based on my understanding, this article has no conflicts of interest.
Funding Support: This article has not been funded by any organizations or agencies. This independence ensures that the research is conducted objectively and without external influence.
Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate: The content of this article does not necessitate ethical approval or consent to participate with supporting documentation.
Data Access Statement and Material Availability: The datasets used in this study consist of (1) field measurements collected from 58 residential and commercial sites over a six-month deployment of the intelligent switch system, and (2) anonymised smart-building energy datasets obtained from publicly available repositories. These data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Authors Contributions: The authorship of this article is contributed equally to all participating individuals. Dharmaiah Devarapalli – Supervision and technical guidance, Sri Datta Shanmukh Sai Yeddu – Corresponding author, led conceptualization, prototype design & hardware development (ESP32 smart switch), field deployment across 58 households, complete data collection & analysis, methodology development, results interpretation, economic analysis, manuscript writing, and revisions. Phani Harshitha Tupaakula – Assisted with energy visualization charts. Shaik Rehan Hamid – Supported sensor integration testing. Santhosh Jasti – Contributed to data formatting.