Smart buildings

Supervisor:

Talk:

Report due:

Abstract:

According to the Smart 2020 report, making buildings "smart" through the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) may allow to save a large amount of energy. In the context of this talk, we will outline in which specific sectors ICT can be used to optimize building operation and management. In particular, we will describe in detail a system that uses predictive controllers to guarantee thermal comfort in an office environment while at the same time optimize energy consumption.

Recommended bibliography:

• Wolfgang Kastner, Georg Neugschwandtner, Stefan Soucek, and H. Michael Newman
  Communication Systems for Building Automation and Control.
  Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 93, No. 6, June 2005


• Roberto Z. Freirea, Gustavo H.C. Oliveirab, and Nathan Mendes
  Predictive Controllers for Thermal Comfort Optimization and Energy Savings .
  Energy and Buildings, Vol. 40, Issue 7, Pages 1353-1365, January 2008


• Jan Kleissl and Yuvraj Agarwal
  Cyber-Physical Energy Systems: Focus on Smart Buildings.
  Proceedings of the Design and Automation Conference (DAC 2010), Anaheim, CA, USA, June 2010

Further resources:

• The Energy Dashboard


• The Climate Group
  SMART 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age.
  2008, available online at www.smart2020.org