A study towards applying thermal inertia for energy conservation in rooms

ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yuan, Yi ^a   Pan, Dawei ^b   Wang, Dan ^a   Xu, Xiaohua ^c   Peng, Yu ^b   Peng, Xiyuan ^b   Wan, Peng Jun ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Room management; Thermal inertia; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HARDWARE; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SPACE HEATING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ENERGY-AWARE SCHEDULING; HEATING-AND-AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM; LONG-RANGE COMMUNICATIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRELATION; THERMAL INERTIA; TWO-TIERED SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84890406120     PISSN: 15504859     EISSN: 15504867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2529050     Document Type: Article

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