EarlyOff:using house cooling rates to save energy

Ellis, Carl and Scott, James and Hazas, Michael and Krumm, John (2012) EarlyOff:using house cooling rates to save energy. In: BuildSys '12 Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings. ACM, New York, pp. 39-41. ISBN 9781450311700

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Abstract

Home heating systems often have a significant thermal inertia, as homes stay warm after the heating is turned off for significant periods of time. We present the EarlyOff concept, whereby home heating can be predictively turned off in advance of occupants’ departure, using this inertia to keep the house warm while saving energy. We use a previously gathered data set of real-time heating, gas, and occupancy readings from five houses and conduct a data-driven analysis of potential energy savings. Using an “oracle” predicting actual departure events, we show an upper bound savings of 4–12% of the gas used over the whole study period by applying EarlyOff. Using a real predictor which makes use of historical occupancy probabilities, we show savings of 1–8% of gas use.

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Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings
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?? COMPUTING, COMMUNICATIONS AND ICTQA75 ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS. COMPUTER SCIENCE ??
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Deposited On:
28 Sep 2012 08:57
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Yes
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Published
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16 Sep 2023 03:01