Event-Driven User-Centric Middleware for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Public Spaces

In this paper, the design of an event-driven user-centric middleware for monitoring and managing energy consumption in public buildings and spaces is presented. The main purpose is to increase energy efficiency in buildings and public spaces, thus reducing consumption. To achieve this, the proposed...

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Published in:IEEE systems journal 2016-09, Vol.10 (3), p.1137-1146
Main Authors: Patti, Edoardo, Acquaviva, Andrea, Jahn, Marco, Pramudianto, Ferry, Tomasi, Riccardo, Rabourdin, Damien, Virgone, Joseph, Macii, Enrico
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambient intelligent
Energy consumption
energy efficiency
Engineering Sciences
event-driven middleware
Human behavior
Internet of things
Interoperability
Mechanics
Middleware
Monitoring
pervasive computing
Physics
Public buildings
Public spaces
Smart buildings
Strategy
Temperature measurement
Thermics
ubiquitous computing
user-centered development
Web services
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Summary:In this paper, the design of an event-driven user-centric middleware for monitoring and managing energy consumption in public buildings and spaces is presented. The main purpose is to increase energy efficiency in buildings and public spaces, thus reducing consumption. To achieve this, the proposed service-oriented middleware has been designed to be event based, also exploiting the user behavior patterns of people who live and work in buildings. Furthermore, it allows an easy integration of heterogeneous technologies in order to enable a hardware-independent interoperability between them. Moreover, a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control strategy has been developed, and the whole infrastructure has been deployed in a real-world case study consisting of a historical building. Finally, the results will be presented and discussed.
ISSN:1932-8184
1937-9234
1937-9234
1932-8184
DOI:10.1109/JSYST.2014.2302750