Visual comfort control for building energy management system

Shin Yen Lin*, Wei Yuan Chen

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a two-stage energy saving control algorithm to resolve the visual comfort control problem of building energy management systems (BEMS). The first stage control method consists of a fuzzy controller to control the venetian blind so as to exploit the outdoor luminance as much as possible while avoiding the sun glare. To remedy the possible imperfection caused by the fuzzy controller, a follow up fine tuning step is designed to adjust the outputs of the venetian blind resulted from the fuzzy controller. The second stage control is to determine whether to turn on the light based on the luminance measured by the sensor after the first stage control so as to save electricity. We have simulated the proposed two-stage control algorithm and demonstrate that the electricity saving can be up to 61% in the tested room.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRenewable and Sustainable Energy II
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages2838-2841
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783037854143
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event1st International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2012 - Hohhot, China
Duration: 23 06 201224 06 2012

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume512-515
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHohhot
Period23/06/1224/06/12

Keywords

  • Building energy management system
  • Energy saving
  • Fuzzy control
  • Visual comfort control

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