Development of a Residential Integrated Ventilation Controller

Walker, Iain S.

doi:10.2172/1082205

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“…For instance, Ref. [29] developed a control system to monitor local occupancy, grid signals, and outdoor temperature. This smart ventilation system, designed for residential buildings in California, achieved a 20% energy reduction and delivered demand response benefits.…”

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A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

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The construction industry has witnessed an increase in the use of digital tools and smart solutions, particularly in the realm of building energy automation. While realising the potential benefits of smart cities, a broader scope of smart initiatives is required to support the transition from smart buildings towards smart neighbourhoods, which are considered critical urban development units. To support the interplay of smart solutions between buildings and neighbourhoods, this study aimed to collect and review all the smart solutions presented in existing scientific articles, the technical literature, and realised European projects. These solutions were classified into two main sections, buildings and neighbourhoods, which were investigated through five domains: building-energy-related uses, renewable energy sources, water, waste, and open space management. The quantitative outcomes demonstrated the potential benefits of implementing smart solutions in areas ranging from buildings to neighbourhoods. Moreover, this research concluded that the true enhancement of energy conservation goes beyond the building’s energy components and can be genuinely achieved by integrating intelligent neighbourhood elements owing to their strong interdependencies. Future research should assess the effectiveness of these solutions in resource conservation.

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A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

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A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

Ferrari¹,

Zoghi²,

Paganin³

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The construction industry has witnessed the increasing use of digital tools and smart solutions, particularly, in the realm of buildings energy automation within the concept of smart cities. While to truly realize the potential benefits of smart cities, a broader scope of smart initiatives is required to support the transition from smart buildings towards smart neighbourhoods, appreciated as the critical unit of urban development. To support this interplay of smart solutions between buildings and neighbourhoods, this article aims to collect and review all smart solutions presented in existing scientific articles, technical literature, and realized European projects. These solutions are classified under two main sections of buildings and neighbourhoods, which are investigated through five domains: buildings energy-related uses, renewable energy sources, water, waste, and open space management. Showcasing the quantitative outcomes demonstrates the potential benefits of implementing smart solutions from buildings to neighbourhoods. Moreover, this research concludes that the true enhancement of energy conservation goes beyond the buildings’ energy component and can be genuinely achieved by integrating intelligent elements of the neighbourhood, due to their strong interdependencies. Future research is recommended to focus on assessing the effectiveness of these solutions towards resource conservation.

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Houses are Dumb without Smart Ventilation

Walker¹,

Sherman²,

Less³

2014

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As we move to high performance housing and especially toward zero-energy homes, ventilation represents a larger and larger fraction of the space conditioning energy requirements. Ventilation standards, such as ASHRAE Standard 62.2 (or codes that use it, such as California Title 24), are typically met by continuous ventilation for their whole-house requirements, but met intermittently for their local exhaust requirements. Higher indoor air quality (IAQ) performance, as well as lower HVAC power and energy consumption, can be achieved by being smarter about how and when ventilation occurs. Numerous smart ventilation strategies are possible in high performance homes, such as increasing ventilation when the outdoor temperature is less extreme, scheduling ventilation during off-peak hours, avoiding ventilation during periods of poor outdoor air quality, and reducing whole house ventilation operation in response to incidental ventilation (e.g., bathroom or kitchen fan operation) and occupancy. Smart ventilation, in the form of a ventilation controller, can be used to implement all of these strategies and more. In this paper, we outline the theoretical requirements of a smart controller, discuss the real-world practicalities of control input options, and provide some actual examples of smart ventilation controls for residences. Ventilation controllers are flexible, and they can be used to fulfill the varied needs of building occupants, designers, policy makers, and program managers. Furthermore, as web-connected devices, the operation of a smart ventilation controller could be changed at will, in response to changes in policy, climate conditions, or grid dynamics.

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Development of a Residential Integrated Ventilation Controller

Cited by 3 publications

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A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

A Practical Review to Support the Implementation of Smart Solutions within Neighbourhood Building Stock

Houses are Dumb without Smart Ventilation

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