Communicating thermostats as a tool for home energy performance assessment

Development and Validation of Algorithms That Analyze Communicating Thermostat Data to Identify Enclosure Retrofit Opportunities

“…To alleviate this problem, we use the derived closed-form solution that does not require the discretization step (Zeifman and Roth 2016). In a more recent work, we applied this method to CT data sets from several homes and compared the estimated overall R-values with qualitative self-assessments of the home insulation levels (Zeifman, Roth, and Urban 2017). Although that comparison showed good correspondence between the estimated and HEA data, several limitations make it difficult to scale-up this initial approach:…”

Smart Thermostats in Rental Housing Units: Perspectives from Landlords and Tenants

“…Others include features that, through learning algorithms, learn the living habits of building occupants to optimize the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) schedule for energy savings and occupant comfort. In essence, unlike the programmable thermostat that adjusts the temperature according to a predefined program, a smart thermostat adapts its operation depending on the user [16][17][18].…”