Title :
A GUI-based simulation platform for energy and comfort management in Zero-Energy Buildings
Author :
Rui Yang ; Zhu Wang ; Lingfeng Wang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Abstract :
Zero-Energy Buildings (ZEBs) have recently become a trend for future constructions. It remains challenging to design control systems for such buildings that require energy-efficiency and employ renewable energy. In this paper, we describe a simulation platform that can be used to energy management and comfort improvement in buildings. This platform provides a method to users to manage buildings through Graphical User Interface (GUI). A multi-agent control system is applied to building operation to manage various comfort demands. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is used to optimize the control system to improve users´ comfort and save energy.
Keywords :
building management systems; control engineering computing; graphical user interfaces; multi-agent systems; particle swarm optimisation; power engineering computing; GUI-based simulation platform; PSO; ZEB; comfort management; control system design; energy management; energy-efficiency; graphical user interface; multiagent control system; particle swarm optimization; renewable energy; zero-energy buildings; Buildings; Graphical user interfaces; Lighting; Particle swarm optimization; Power demand; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2011
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0417-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0418-5
DOI :
10.1109/NAPS.2011.6024869
