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Wireless, collaborative virtual sensors for thermal comfort

Authors:

Joern Ploennigs,

Burkhard Hensel,

Klaus KabitzschAuthors Info & Claims

BuildSys '10: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Building

Pages 79 - 84

https://doi.org/10.1145/1878431.1878449

Published: 02 November 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Monitoring building performance data for energy-efficiency is an increasing market in which especially wireless sensor networks benefit from their easy installation in existing buildings. Nonetheless, large scale installations are still hampered by sheer installation costs. This paper introduces a virtual sensor approach that utilizes available information in a collaborative network to compute new sensor data. An example is provided in which the approach estimates the thermal comfort with only low-cost temperature sensors in most rooms.

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BuildSys '10: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Building

November 2010

93 pages

ISBN:9781450304580

DOI:10.1145/1878431

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