Authors:
Antonios Karatzoglou
1
;
Julian Janßen
2
;
Vethiga Srikanthan
2
;
Yong Ding
2
and
Michael Beigl
2
Affiliations:
1
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
;
2
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Keyword(s):
Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort, Proactivity, Personalization, Smart Building.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Algorithms for Reduced Power, Energy and Heat
;
Energy and Economy
;
Energy Management Systems (EMS)
;
Energy-Aware Systems and Technologies
;
Green Software Engineering Methodologies and Tools
;
Smart Grids
;
Smart Homes (Domotics)
;
Sustainable Computing and Communications
Abstract:
Energy efficiency and thermal comfort depict two key topics in indoor climate controlling domain. HVAC systems are one of the biggest energy consumers in nowadays’ households and yet they have difficulties in reaching the users’ optimal comfort. We are presenting SVReCLCE, a proactive two-fold climate controlling approach that takes explicitly both energy consumption, as well as comfort in consideration. A user study in an office environment shows that our solution can in practice achieve up to 49% energy savings by keeping the personal comfort level high at the same time. Therefore, SVReCLCE sets a solid basis for future work in the field of climate control for low-energy buildings.