DocumentCode
1259902
Title
From Buildings to Smart Buildings—Sensing and Actuation to Improve Energy Efficiency
Author
Weng, Thomas ; Agarwal, Yuvraj
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Volume
29
Issue
4
fYear
2012
Firstpage
36
Lastpage
44
Abstract
A holistic approach to reducing the energy footprint of large commercial buildings is proposed. A detailed energy use breakdown within a modern building is presented, leading to the key insight that, in addition to the HVAC system, the energy used by miscellaneous plug loads which include IT equipment must also be addressed. An actuation framework is proposed to control plug-loads and the HVAC system for energy savings.
Keywords
HVAC; energy conservation; intelligent actuators; intelligent sensors; intelligent structures; structural engineering; HVAC system; IT equipment; actuation framework; commercial buildings; energy efficiency; energy footprint reduction; energy savings; energy use breakdown; modern building; plug loads; smart buildings; Green buildings; Sensors; Servers; Smart buildings; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Energy-aware Buildings; Smart-Buidlings;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7475
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MDT.2012.2211855
Filename
6261526
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