From buildings to smart buildings-sensing and actuation to improve energy efficiency

IEEE Design and Test of Computers

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Weng, Thomas ^a   Agarwal, Yuvraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy aware Buildings; Smart Buidlings

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ELECTRICITY USAGE; ENERGY AWARE; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY WASTES; HVAC OPERATION; MONETARY SAVINGS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SENSING MODALITIES; SMART-BUIDLINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84867821726     PISSN: 07407475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MDT.2012.2211855     Document Type: Article

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