SBIR Phase I: Create a Building Energy Conservation Optimization Network (BECON)

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将创建一个建筑节能优化网络（BECON）。BECON将减少建筑中照明、暖通空调和其他系统的能源消耗。BECON能够对建筑中的环境因素进行最佳控制和调度，包括照明、供暖、制冷和通风等。BECON包括：(1)基于照明的审计和控制系统，以准确、频繁、及时和廉价的方式监测建筑物的能源需求和使用情况，提高建筑物能源管理系统的能力；(2)根据照明要求控制和减少能源使用的电子照明镇流器。BECON的广泛影响包括建筑物内的大量节能和效率，以及为个别建筑物定制的廉价监控系统，而无需大量安装传感器。由于BECON是基于灯光照明和数据传输的双重用途，因此BECON发射器也可以设计为盲人，聋人和其他残疾用户提供辅助信息，从而以低成本增强对美国残疾人法案的遵守。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will create a Building Energy Conservation Optimization Network (BECON). BECON will reduce energy consumed by lighting, HVAC and other systems in buildings. BECON enables the optimal control and scheduling of environmental factors in a building, including lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation among others. BECON involves: (1) An illumination-based audit and control system to monitor accurately, on a frequent, timely and inexpensive basis, the energy requirements and usage in a building, enhancing the capability of a building energy management system; and (2) Electronic lighting ballasts which can control and reduce energy usage based on lighting requirements. The broader impacts of BECON include substantial energy conservation and efficiency within buildings plus the inexpensive availability of monitoring systems customized for individual buildings without extensive sensor installations. Since BECON is based on the dual use of lights for illumination and for data transmission, BECON transmitters can be designed also to provide assistive information to blind, deaf and other disabled users, enabling inexpensive enhanced compliance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT.