Development of an occupancy learning algorithm for terminal heating and cooling units

Building and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 71-85

  Burak Gunay, H ^a   O'Brien, William ^a   Beausoleil Morrison, Ian ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation in buildings; Energy use; Learning controls; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; ENERGY USE; HEATING AND COOLING; HEATING AND COOLING LOADS; IN-BUILDINGS; LEARNING CONTROL; MOTION SENSORS; OCCUPANCY;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BUILDING; COOLING; ENERGY USE; HEATING;

EID: 84938118202     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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