JouleSense: A Simulation based Platform for Proactive Feedback on Building Occupants’ Energy Use

Georgios Lilis, Shubham Bansal, Maher Kayal

2016

Abstract

A significant amount of energy in the buildings can be saved by inducing efficient occupant behavior. The occupant’s awareness tools that have been shown to be effective in achieving energy efficiency gains depend on various computational and estimation algorithms. This paper proposes an energy feedback scheme that relies on a model based, building thermal simulation in order to identify the areas for efficiency improvement. By leveraging the specific mathematical formulation of those models and a dedicated open-source solver, improved computational speed, reduced cost and enhanced interoperability is obtained. This combined with the integration into a building management system (BMS), permits real-time sensing and feedback. Unlike similar studies, this work’s outcome allows the creation of the energy awareness tools that rely solely on validated thermal model simulation, thus increasing their accuracy and potential in the future smart buildings.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lilis G., Bansal S. and Kayal M. (2016). JouleSense: A Simulation based Platform for Proactive Feedback on Building Occupants’ Energy Use . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-184-7, pages 279-285. DOI: 10.5220/0005778602790285

in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens16,
author={Georgios Lilis and Shubham Bansal and Maher Kayal},
title={JouleSense: A Simulation based Platform for Proactive Feedback on Building Occupants’ Energy Use},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2016},
pages={279-285},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005778602790285},
isbn={978-989-758-184-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - JouleSense: A Simulation based Platform for Proactive Feedback on Building Occupants’ Energy Use
SN - 978-989-758-184-7
AU - Lilis G.
AU - Bansal S.
AU - Kayal M.
PY - 2016
SP - 279
EP - 285
DO - 10.5220/0005778602790285