MLE+: A tool for integrated design and deployment of energy efficient building controls

BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-130

  Bernal, Willy ^a   Behl, Madhur ^a   Nghiem, Truong X ^a   Mangharam, Rahul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

building control; building simulation; control design; energy efficient building; energyplus; integrated design; matlab

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONTROLS; BUILDING SIMULATION; CONTROL DESIGN; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; ENERGYPLUS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATLAB;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84872973399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2422531.2422553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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