WPAN-based energy efficient automation system for buildings

Abstract

Nowadays the building energy management systems (BEMS) or implementing control automation in buildings is very significant and well known, because they can play an important role in regular energy management and therefore these type of system can achieve the possible both cost and energy savings. The key driver of the building automation market is focused upon better facilitation to the user in terms of comfort at reduced operation cost. Energy efficiency improvement will also contribute to environmental protection. Therefore, there have been regulations and rating systems made that mandates the requirement of energy monitoring and control in a building. For example, the above mentioned building utilities and equipment’s control and automation plays an integral role in achieving the green building rating points from certifying authorities such as GRIHA and IGBC. The proposed system includes the control of various active systems such as lighting including artificial lighting (On/Off and dimming control) and day lighting (motorized blinds or shutters), air conditioners and safety features like fire alarm and gas alarm. In future the existing idea can be implemented for the whole building, i.e., various rooms or areas, and then all of them can be integrated on a common platform for monitoring and control of different energy consuming equipment. Also, it can be further extended to the integration of different building systems in a particular area on a single platform.