Reimagining Building Sensing and Control (Presentation)
Buildings are responsible for 40% of US energy consumption, and sensing and control technologies are an important element in creating a truly sustainable built environment. Motion-based occupancy sensors are often part of these control systems, but are usually altered or disabled in response to occupants' complaints, at the expense of energy savings. Can we leverage commodity hardware developed for other sectors and embedded software to produce more capable sensors for robust building controls? The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) 'Image Processing Occupancy Sensor (IPOS)' is one example of leveraging embedded systems to create smarter, more reliable, multi-function sensors that open the door to new control strategies for building heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting control. In this keynote, we will discuss how cost-effective embedded systems are changing the state-of-the-art of building sensing and control.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1136556
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/PR-5500-62354
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2014 Sensors Expo and Conference, 24-26 June 2014, Rosemont, Illinois; Related Information: NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
CONTROL
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
HEATING
COOLING
VENTILATION
SENSING AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
SENSING
SUSTAINABLE
MOTION-BASED OCCUPANCY SENSORS
ENERGY SAVINGS
NREL
IPOS
IMAGE PROCESSING OCCUPANCY SENSOR
MULTI-FUNCTION SENSOR
LIGHTING