Human-in-the-loop Sensing and Control for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency and Occupant Comfort Award Number: DE-EE0007682 CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.1 Building Technologies Office Date: 8/9/2016 Location(s): PA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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August 11, 2016
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Human-in-the-loop Sensing and Control for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency and Occupant Comfort
Award Number: DE-EE0007682
CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.1
Building Technologies Office
Date: 8/9/2016
Location(s): PA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Carnegie Mellon University to design, develop, implement, and field test an occupancy estimation/tracking technology for indoor spaces, as well as algorithms for proactive control of HVAC systems in commercial buildings.
Hardware/software design, development, and prototyping activities would take place at research facilities at Carnegie Mellon University and the Bosch Research and Technology Center in Pennsylvania. Field testing of the prototype systems would be carried out in select buildings of each of the above facilities as well as buildings at Stony Brook University in New York. These existing buildings would have occupancy sensors installed in doorways inside the facilities. Some of the buildings would also modify HVAC controls in order to investigate potential energy savings and increased occupant comfort opportunities once occupancy data is taken into account. Thermal comfort studies may also be conducted. Only minor modifications to the facilities for installation of the sensors and HVAC controls would be required. Agreements with all facility managers would be in place prior to any modifications. None of the project activities require installation of equipment outdoors or ground disturbance. DOE does not anticipate any impacts to resources of concern due to the proposed activities of the project.