抄録
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control is used to effectively reduce energy consumption in a home energy management system (HEMS). For the HVAC control, it is necessary to evaluate the indoor comfort level because the HVAC operation is significantly related to indoor environmental conditions. Although there are some indices for indoor comfort, individuals have different comfort ranges. A questionnaire is one way to gather data on individual comfort ranges. However, it requires contributions from users. Therefore, we proposed a new survey method that varied the intervals of the questions addressed to users to reduce the number of responses needed. Additionally, a comfort estimation method was proposed that did not require a questionnaire. This method analyzes the user's operation of the HVAC system, such as touching its on/off switch. An HEMS with the capability of utilizing these two methods was installed in a laboratory and 16 houses in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. An experiment using this HEMS was conducted, and it was able to reduce the number of feedbacks needed to maintain each person's comfort by an average of 32.2%. The HEMS provided the same accuracy as hourly questionnaires. Namely, it confirmed that the estimation based on the air conditioner operations was almost the same as that based on an hourly questionnaire.
本文言語 | English |
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ホスト出版物のタイトル | Proceeding - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2015 |
出版社 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ページ | 658-663 |
ページ数 | 6 |
ISBN(印刷版) | 9781479966493 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2015 9月 28 |
イベント | 13th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2015 - Cambridge, United Kingdom 継続期間: 2015 7月 22 → 2015 7月 24 |
Other
Other | 13th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2015 |
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国/地域 | United Kingdom |
City | Cambridge |
Period | 15/7/22 → 15/7/24 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 人工知能
- コンピュータ サイエンスの応用
- 産業および生産工学
- 器械工学
- コンピュータ ネットワークおよび通信
- 制御およびシステム工学