Smart Piezoelectric Sensing Tile for Force Monitoring in Home Applications
Amina ALLAM
Abstract. This work represents a smart household energy system based on piezoelectric tiles designed to harvest mechanical energy from footsteps and allocate it intelligently according to ambient lighting conditions .Electricity demand in Morocco increased by 4% in 2023 to reach 44 TWh, while the country still imports almost 90% of its primary energy, which underlines the immediate necessity for efficient micro-generation solutions. Simulation results indicate that the voltage generated by the piezoelectric tile rises from 130 mV to 891 mV for an increase in the load resistance from 1.12 to 7.51 kΩ and that a 1 µF capacitor charges from 0 to 3 V in about 60 footsteps. These results show that piezoelectric energy harvesting combined with simple control logic can indeed yield a reliable supplemental source of power for low-power residential applications.
Keywords
Piezoelectric Energy, Smart Energy Management, Ambient Lighting, Residential Lighting
Published online 4/25/2026, 6 pages
Copyright © 2026 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Amina ALLAM, Smart Piezoelectric Sensing Tile for Force Monitoring in Home Applications, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 64, pp 218-223, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904091-27
The article was published as article 27 of the book Energy Futures
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