Sensor impacts on building and HVAC controls: A critical review for building energy performance

Yeonjin Bae; Saptarshi Bhattacharya; Borui Cui; Seungjae Lee; Yanfei Li; Liang Zhang; Piljae Im; Veronica Adetola; Draguna Vrabie; Matt Leach; Teja Kuruganti

doi:10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100068

Sensor impacts on building and HVAC controls: A critical review for building energy performance

Yeonjin Bae, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Borui Cui, Seungjae Lee, Yanfei Li, Liang Zhang, Piljae Im, Veronica Adetola, Draguna Vrabie, Matt Leach, Teja Kuruganti

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Abstract

Building operations rely heavily on control systems and sensors. This paper provides a sophisticated literature review on sensor systems in building/HVAC systems, particularly in the context of controls, and their impacts on energy efficiency and thermal comfort. This study aims to understand the previous and current research and identify future research opportunities on this subject. The reviewed sensor systems were used for heuristic rule-based controls, local controls, and advanced optimal controls for existing and emerging technologies. Five major aspects of sensors are reviewed here: control loops for sensors, sensor types, sensor locations, sensor data, and a sensor impact evaluation framework. To augment the literature review, comprehensive standardized interviews were also conducted with relevant industry experts and practitioners. These interviews were designed and performed to (1) identify significant factors for selecting sensor sets and current undergoing issues, (2) identify potential improvements in sensor configuration/deployment, and (3) integrate expert (e.g., researcher, building operation practitioner) knowledge and experiences to develop structured use-case scenarios. Researchers collected and analyzed 31 interview responses for this paper.

Original language	English
Article number	100068
Journal	Advances in Applied Energy
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100068
State	Published - Nov 19 2021

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This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science and Building Technologies Office (BTO). This research used resources of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Building Technologies Research and Integration, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This work was funded by fieldwork proposal CEBT105 under DOE BTO activity nos. BT0302000 and BT0305000. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle LLC under contract DEAC05-00OR22725 with DOE. The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science and Building Technologies Office (BTO). This research used resources of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Building Technologies Research and Integration, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This work was funded by fieldwork proposal CEBT105 under DOE BTO activity nos. BT0302000 and BT0305000. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle LLC under contract DEAC05-00OR22725 with DOE. The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes.

Keywords

Building control
Building performance
Energy performance
HVAC controls
Sensor impacts
Sensors

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