TOSS: Thermal Occupancy Sensing System

Authors:
Varick L. Erickson;Alex Beltran;Daniel A. Winkler;Niloufar P. Esfahani;John R. Lusby;Alberto E. Cerpa
Affiliations:
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of California, Merced
Venue:
Proceedings of the 5th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems For Energy-Efficient Buildings
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We propose a system that can accurately determine the occupancy of zones within a building. As an easily deployable sensor system, TOSS provides detailed information about a zone's occupancy to a building's energy management system in order to control the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, (HVAC) and lighting behavior for specific zones within the building. This incurs a significant benefit, as building zones that are not fully occupied do not require 100% use of the HVAC or lighting systems.