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The growth in smart home technologies has raised the stakes on energy efficiency research. Most existing smart home energy monitoring systems have been focusing on general energy tracking, machine learning-based energy consumption prediction, and cloud-based monitoring solutions. There is a lack of automated energy-saving mechanisms for specific high-power-consuming appliances such as TVs and ovens that continue to consume electricity when left unattended. This paper introduces an innovative IoT-based smart home energy monitoring system with integration of motion sensors for the functionality of auto-off for TVs and an automated power cut-off mechanism for ovens. The proposed system detects user presence near the TV and automatically turns it off when no movement is detected for a predefined time to prevent unnecessary consumption of power. Besides, the oven power cut-off system ensures that the flow of electricity is stopped as soon as the heating process is over, which saves energy consumption. Both systems are connected to a mobile application for real-time monitoring and manual control. The realization of this system can greatly improve household energy efficiency while maintaining user convenience. Experimental tests and simulations suggest a huge electricity saving as compared to conventional energy monitoring systems 15.