Modeling the comfort, energy and power demand performance of smart thermostats

斯泰尔普罗是北美领先的电热解决方案制造商。他们的产品包括**脚板加热器、对流加热器、辐射式加热器、炉子和管道加热器，以及地板加热解决方案。**他们还制造恒温器，最近与“物联网”合作伙伴联手**开发新一代联网恒温器。为了指导他们的研发工作，并**为他们的潜在客户进行成本效益分析，该项目将采用更好的模型和改进的**假设来模拟配备**新一代智能温控器**的典型家庭的能源性能和峰值电力需求。这些新方法是基于研究团队**在最初的Engage项目中共同确定的发现，例如，将在这个持续的项目中引入更好的入住率和热区划分**方案。更全面的热舒适性评估将使用ASHRAE标准55进行。代表魁北克和**加拿大住房存量的不同建筑将被建模。

Stelpro is a leading manufacturer of electric heating solutions in North America. Their products include**baseboard heaters, convectors, radiant heaters, furnaces and in-duct heaters, as well as floor heating solutions.**They are also manufacturing thermostats and they have recently joined forces with "Internet of Things" partners**to develop a new generation of connected thermostats. With the objective of guiding their R&D effort and to**perform cost-benefit analyses for their potential customers, this project will adopt better models and improved**assumptions to simulate the energy performance and the peak power demand of typical homes equipped with**this new generation of smart thermostats. These new approaches are based on findings that the research team**identified together in the original Engage project, for instance, better occupancy profiles and thermal zoning**scenarios will be introduced in this continuous project. A more thorough assessment of thermal comfort will be**conducted using ASHRAE Standard 55. Different buildings representing the housing stock in Québec and**Canada will be modeled.