Research opportunities arising from control and optimization of smart buildings

摘要:

Control and optimization plays an important role in automation science and engineering for buildings. The area is important due to the growing threat of global warming effects to the sustainable development of human society as a whole indicated by the Paris Climate Treaty and the fact the buildings account for about 40% of total energy consumption in US, for example [1]. Effective control and maintenance of Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), elevators, sensing devices, and other assets in building systems is extremely challenging since they are running under uncertain environments (such as continuously changing weather, human behaviors, and random contingencies). Uncertainty increases the dimensions of control strategies or maintenance polices since time invariant ones cannot adapt a dynamic environment. Uncertainty also increases the time to evaluate performances and the feasibility of control strategies or maintenance polices....

Abstract:

Control and optimization plays an important role in automation science and engineering for buildings. The area is important due to the growing threat of global warming effects to the sustainable development of human society as a whole indicated by the Paris Climate Treaty and the fact the buildings account for about 40% of total energy consumption in US, for example [1]. Effective control and maintenance of Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), elevators, sensing devices, and other assets in building systems is extremely challenging since they are running under uncertain environments (such as continuously changing weather, human behaviors, and random contingencies). Uncertainty increases the dimensions of control strategies or maintenance polices since time invariant ones cannot adapt a dynamic environment. Uncertainty also increases the time to evaluate performances and the feasibility of control strategies or maintenance polices....