Title :
Technologies toward thermal comfort-based and energy-efficient HVAC systems: A review
Author :
Wenqi Guo ; Mengchu Zhou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper reviews thermal comfort based control strategies for modern commercial buildings with heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. In order to make HVAC systems more energy-efficient, better system operations and control algorithms for HVAC systems are demanded. Research conducted predominately within the last decade suggests that commercial building HVAC significantly influences the health, satisfaction, and productivity of the building occupants. This paper also projects the use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to enhance energy efficiency of HVAC systems as well as provides comfortable environment to assure occupants´ productivities.
Keywords :
HVAC; wireless sensor networks; heating-ventilating-and-air-conditioning systems; thermal comfort-based HVAC systems; thermal comfort-based control strategies; wireless sensor networks; Buildings; Control systems; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Heating; Paper technology; Productivity; Temperature control; USA Councils; Wireless sensor networks; Control; Heating; Wireless Sensor Networks; Wireless Sensors; ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC);
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346631
