Scaling smart spaces: Concept and exploration

The ability to link two physical smart spaces in real-time, and apply the knowledge acquired from designing and managing the small densely instrumented space to the larger and less densely monitored space opens up a whole host of possibilities in terms of how architects and engineers approach building design, building environment modeling, energy resource optimization, and building control. We leverage and extend the EcoSense framework to link smart spaces. This provides the ability to `scale´ environmental profiles derived from optimized simulation models and verified in a small physical building testbed to a much larger building space with relatively fewer sensors. We have implemented a prototype linkage framework connecting two real physical building testbeds to validate this concept.