Adding GPS-control to traditional thermostats: An exploration of potential energy savings and design challenges

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5538 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 95-114

  Gupta, Manu ^a   Intille, Stephen S ^a   Larson, Kent ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMFORT LEVEL; CONTEXT-SENSITIVE; COOLING CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ENERGY SAVING; JUST IN TIME; LOCATION-AWARE; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; PILOT TESTS; SAVE ENERGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEATING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

THERMOSTATS;

EID: 67650337566     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01516-8_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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