A first-order simulation based on contextually aware sensor network home in minimizing energy usage by occupancy while maintaining thermal comfort

Abstract

Thermal comfort has been the subject for application in the design of a smart house in recent years. With dwellers demanding better eco-friendly operation of the house, minimizing energy is a rising concern in the development of a model house. In this work, we intend to focus on occupancy driven control of house cooling for maintaining thermal comfort. To cater for more advance analysis, a first-order experimental system is designed and simulated. From the simulation result, the minimization of energy consumption given a set of static thermal comfort criteria is obtained and discussed.