I-Corps: Energy conservation network software that simultaneously audits, monitors, and manages energy use in buildings in real-time

I-Corps：节能网络软件，可同时实时审核、监控和管理建筑物的能源使用情况

• 批准号: 2227513
• 负责人: Sukumar Kamalasadan
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-15 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2227513&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Energy; conservation; network; software

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the potential development of an energy conservation network software for improved energy management of commercial buildings. Buildings account for nearly 40% of the US's total energy consumption. The proposed technology is software that simultaneously audits, monitors, and manages a building’s energy use and its distributed energy resources in real-time. The auditing application periodically computes a comprehensive audit analysis based on the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) standard, then automatically recommends potential energy savings measures. The monitoring application could provide device-level and aggregated real-time measurements of all building power-consuming equipment. The management application could accurately forecast building thermal comforts and optimizes building operational power demands for efficient load shedding plans and demand response activities. In addition, the applications are designed for easy control of all Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in any building. These functionalities may create opportunities for energy savings, efficiency gains, and incentivized building–grid operations, which may benefit utility providers and consumers. This I-Corps project is based on the potential development of an energy conservation network software that may improve the energy management of commercial buildings. The proposed technology includes three functionalities including an auditing functionality using pattern recognition to determine anomalies in building equipment operation and a database of major equipment and appliance manufacturers to recommend replacements and compute potential savings. Management functionality is based on an advanced building thermal dynamics model and a model-predictive optimization algorithm that may predict hour ahead thermal comforts and optimal temperature setpoints as well as a simplified display of predicted building zone temperature. The monitoring functionality employs smart equipment sensors in a configurable mesh design to potentially provide real-time, device-level and aggregated monitoring of equipment data using a simplified internet-based communication architecture that eliminates proprietary equipment within the building automation system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发节能网络软件，以改善商业建筑的能源管理。 建筑物占美国总能源消耗的近40%。 该技术是一种软件，可以同时实时审计、监控和管理建筑物的能源使用及其分布式能源。审计应用程序根据ASHRAE（美国供暖、制冷和空调工程师协会）标准定期计算综合审计分析，然后自动推荐潜在的节能措施。监控应用程序可以提供所有建筑物耗电设备的设备级和聚合实时测量。该管理应用程序可以准确预测建筑物的热舒适性，并优化建筑物的运行电力需求，以实现高效的减载计划和需求响应活动。此外，这些应用程序旨在轻松控制任何建筑物中的所有分布式能源（DER）。这些功能可以为节能、提高效率和激励建筑电网运营创造机会，这可能会使公用事业提供商和消费者受益。这个I-Corps项目是基于一个节能网络软件的潜在开发，该软件可能会改善商业建筑的能源管理。拟议的技术包括三个功能，包括审计功能，使用模式识别来确定建筑设备运行中的异常情况，以及主要设备和电器制造商的数据库，以推荐更换和计算潜在的节省。管理功能基于先进的建筑热动力学模型和模型预测优化算法，该算法可以预测提前一小时的热舒适度和最佳温度设定点，以及预测建筑区域温度的简化显示。监控功能采用可配置网格设计中的智能设备传感器，使用简化的互联网对设备数据进行设备级和聚合监控-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。