Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems

Alie El Din Mady; Gregory Provan; Ning Wei

doi:10.1145/2422531.2422556

Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems

Alie El Din Mady
, Gregory Provan
, Ning Wei

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Abstract

A modern Building Automation System (BAS) aims to enhance the functionality of interactive control strategies leading towards energy efficiency and enhanced user comfort. Typically, it is cheaper to embed the BAS within a Wireless Sensor/Actuator Network (WSAN) rather than rewire legacy. However, the cost of a WSAN deployment is a critical factor for the new buildings. In this context, we develop a co-design approach for assessing the cost of a WSAN deployment while achieving particular control performance. We apply the developed co-design strategy to a distributed control for building lighting systems. We empirically compare our developed system for building lighting control strategy with a standard PI control method to demonstrate an average of 45% reduction in energy use while maintaining the user comfort and 23% saving in the network cost.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Pages	138-144
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2422531.2422556
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, BuildSys 2012 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 6 Nov 2012 → 6 Nov 2012

Publication series

Name	BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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Conference	4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, BuildSys 2012
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	6/11/12 → 6/11/12

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

building energy
co-design
MPC
sensor

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Mady, A. E. D., Provan, G., & Wei, N. (2012). Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems. In BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (pp. 138-144). (BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings). https://doi.org/10.1145/2422531.2422556

Mady, Alie El Din ; Provan, Gregory ; Wei, Ning. / Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems. BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2012. pp. 138-144 (BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings).

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Mady, AED, Provan, G & Wei, N 2012, Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems. in BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, pp. 138-144, 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, BuildSys 2012, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6/11/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2422531.2422556

Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems. / Mady, Alie El Din; Provan, Gregory; Wei, Ning.
BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2012. p. 138-144 (BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings).

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Mady AED, Provan G, Wei N. Designing cost-efficient wireless sensor/actuator networks for building control systems. In BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2012. p. 138-144. (BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings). doi: 10.1145/2422531.2422556

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