Duty-cycling buildings aggressively: The next frontier in HVAC control

Y Agarwal, B Balaji, S Dutta, RK Gupta… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buildings are known to be the largest consumers of electricity in the United States, and often
times the dominant energy consumer is the HVAC system. Despite this fact, in most …

Occupancy based demand response HVAC control strategy

VL Erickson, AE Cerpa - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Heating, cooling and ventilation accounts for 30% energy usage and for 50% of the
electricity usage in the United States. Currently, most modern buildings still condition rooms …

Occupancy-driven energy management for smart building automation

Y Agarwal, B Balaji, R Gupta, J Lyles, M Wei… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Buildings are among the largest consumers of electricity in the US. A significant portion of
this energy use in buildings can be attributed to HVAC systems used to maintain comfort for …

Zonepac: Zonal power estimation and control via hvac metering and occupant feedback

B Balaji, H Teraoka, R Gupta, Y Agarwal - … of the 5th ACM Workshop on …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Heating Ventillation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for nearly 40% of primary
energy consumption by commercial buildings. Yet, these systems by and large operate in an …

Model-free HVAC control using occupant feedback

S Purdon, B Kusy, R Jurdak… - 38th Annual IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimal control of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is an important step
towards reducing the carbon footprint of buildings and requires balancing energy reductions …

The smart thermostat: using occupancy sensors to save energy in homes

J Lu, T Sookoor, V Srinivasan, G Gao… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) is the largest source of residential energy
consumption. In this paper, we demonstrate how to use cheap and simple sensing …

Thermosense: Occupancy thermal based sensing for hvac control

A Beltran, VL Erickson, AE Cerpa - … of the 5th ACM Workshop on …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
In order to achieve sustainability, steps must be taken to reduce energy consumption. In
particular, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, which account for 42% of the energy …

OBSERVE: Occupancy-based system for efficient reduction of HVAC energy

VL Erickson, MÁ Carreira-Perpiñán… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heating, cooling and ventilation accounts for 35% energy usage in the United States.
Currently, most modern buildings still condition rooms assuming maximum occupancy rather …

Powering indoor sensing with airflows: a trinity of energy harvesting, synchronous duty-cycling, and sensing

T Xiang, Z Chi, F Li, J Luo, L Tang, L Zhao… - Proceedings of the 11th …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Whereas a lot of efforts have been put on energy conservation in wireless sensor networks,
the limited lifetime of these systems still hampers their practical deployments. This situation …

Energy efficient building environment control strategies using real-time occupancy measurements

VL Erickson, Y Lin, A Kamthe, R Brahme… - Proceedings of the first …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
Current climate control systems often rely on building regulation maximum occupancy
numbers for maintaining proper temperatures. However, in many situations, there are rooms …