Development and testing of a platform aimed at pervasive monitoring of indoor environment and building energy

The interest of the building energy sector is leaning towards the measurement of building actual performance, as regards both indoor environment quality and energy consumption. Sensors and central elaboration units aimed at monitoring indoor environment and HVAC system parameters can also provide th...

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Published inEnergy procedia Vol. 126; pp. 282 - 288
Main Authors Scarpa, Massimiliano, Ravagnin, Rocco, Schibuola, Luigi, Tambani, Chiara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2017
Subjects
Internet of Things
Monitoring devices
Pervasive monitoring
Monitoring devices
Internet of Things
Pervasive monitoring
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Summary:The interest of the building energy sector is leaning towards the measurement of building actual performance, as regards both indoor environment quality and energy consumption. Sensors and central elaboration units aimed at monitoring indoor environment and HVAC system parameters can also provide the basic infrastructure for further applications such as predictive and neuro-fuzzy controls. However, the cost of such systems is high, so they are mainly used in large buildings. This paper describes the main features and expected applications for a low-budget monitoring platform currently under development and tuning. In particular, the monitoring system was developed based on electronic prototyping platform Arduino and on sensors and devices usually available in the retail market of electronics. The monitoring platform has been designed with the following characteristics in mind: replicability, full remote control, portability, versatility, reliability and affordability.
ISSN:1876-6102
1876-6102
DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.155