Development of a BACnet-ZigBee gateway for demand response in buildings

Author

Seung Ho Hong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Ansan, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

13-17 July 2013

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Smart Grid (SG) is a modernized and a future-oriented electric grid that deals with the whole energy chain from generation to consumer. Among SG applications, demand response (DR) is an important control mechanism to manage the electricity consumption of the customer in response to the supply condition. In buildings, DR is managed through communication networks installed in the buildings. These communication protocols must include DR-supporting applications. BACnet (Building automation and control network) is an international standard communication protocol for building automation and control systems (BACS). BACnet uses ZigBee as a wireless communication protocol for BACS. Both BACnet and ZigBee have their own DR applications. In this study, we developed a BACnet-ZigBee gateway that maps the DR application of BACnet to that of ZigBee. The function of the BACnet-ZigBee gateway was verified through experiment.

Keywords

Zigbee; building management systems; energy management systems; internetworking; protocols; smart power grids; BACnet-ZigBee gateway; building automation and control network; building demand response; communication protocols; control mechanism; electricity consumption management; future oriented electric grid; international standard communication protocol; smart power grid; supply condition; wireless communication protocol; Building automation; Load flow control; Load management; Logic gates; Standards; Zigbee; BACnet; Building Automation; Gateway; Smart Grid; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Science, Computing and Telecommunications (PACT), 2013 Pan African International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lusaka

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCAT.2013.7055082

Filename

7055082