System for managing the energy consumption of a building
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1. System (1) for managing an energy consumption of a building including at least one area, incorporating:
- a set of sensors (8) capable of generating information representative of environmental parameters, including a temperature sensor and a brightness sensor installed in an area;
at least one actuator (4-6) configured to adjust the temperature and/or brightness in the said area;
a computer system (2) designed to receive the said information from the said sensors (8), and to send instructions to the said actuators (4-6), and to implement a process of regulation of the said actuators (4-6) via a multi-agents system, in order to comply with a set of at least two predetermined criteria,a routing device (3) connected to the said computer system (2), the said sensors (8) and the said actuators (4-6), designed to transmit information representative of environmental parameters to the computer system (2) and set levels to the said actuators (4-6);
a man-machine interface device (10) located in the said area, connected to said routing device (2), and incorporating;
a system (121) for displaying an indication based on information items from the computer system (2), the indication is selected from a group consisting of;
an indication of an instantaneous level of energy consumption,an indication of a cumulative level of energy consumption as a function of a targets set by the user,an indication pertaining to a comparison of the instantaneous level of energy consumption with the cumulative level of energy consumption of buildings of a same type whose statistics are compiled by the computer system, andan indication pertaining to a comparison of the cumulative level of energy consumption with the level of consumption of buildings of a same type whose statistics are compiled by the computer system;
means (131-135, 150) of entering information pertaining to a configuration of the actuators and/or sensors present in the area, and to instructions from user present in the area;
wherein said multi-agents system is configured to search and apply an arbitration between user comfort and energy efficiency;
wherein the man-machine interface device incorporates an electronic control unit capable of executing a program generating set levels for the actuators in an event of a break in the connection between the routing device (3) and the computer system (2).
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Abstract
System (1) for managing the energy consumption of a building including at least one area, incorporating:
- a set of sensors (8) capable of generating information representative of environmental parameters;
- a set of at least one actuator (4-6) capable of acting on the environmental parameters existing in the said area;
- a computer system (2) designed to receive the said information from the said sensors (8), and to send instructions to the said actuators (4-6), while executing regulation process for the said actuators (4-6) in order to comply, with a set of at least two predetermined criteria;
wherein it also incorporates: - a routing device (3) connected to the said IT system (2), the said sensors (8) and the said actuators (4-6), designed to transmit information representative of environmental parameters to the IT system (2) and set levels to the said actuators (4-6);
- a man-machine interface device (10) located in the said area.
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1. System (1) for managing an energy consumption of a building including at least one area, incorporating:
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a set of sensors (8) capable of generating information representative of environmental parameters, including a temperature sensor and a brightness sensor installed in an area; at least one actuator (4-6) configured to adjust the temperature and/or brightness in the said area; a computer system (2) designed to receive the said information from the said sensors (8), and to send instructions to the said actuators (4-6), and to implement a process of regulation of the said actuators (4-6) via a multi-agents system, in order to comply with a set of at least two predetermined criteria, a routing device (3) connected to the said computer system (2), the said sensors (8) and the said actuators (4-6), designed to transmit information representative of environmental parameters to the computer system (2) and set levels to the said actuators (4-6); a man-machine interface device (10) located in the said area, connected to said routing device (2), and incorporating; a system (121) for displaying an indication based on information items from the computer system (2), the indication is selected from a group consisting of; an indication of an instantaneous level of energy consumption, an indication of a cumulative level of energy consumption as a function of a targets set by the user, an indication pertaining to a comparison of the instantaneous level of energy consumption with the cumulative level of energy consumption of buildings of a same type whose statistics are compiled by the computer system, and an indication pertaining to a comparison of the cumulative level of energy consumption with the level of consumption of buildings of a same type whose statistics are compiled by the computer system; means (131-135, 150) of entering information pertaining to a configuration of the actuators and/or sensors present in the area, and to instructions from user present in the area; wherein said multi-agents system is configured to search and apply an arbitration between user comfort and energy efficiency; wherein the man-machine interface device incorporates an electronic control unit capable of executing a program generating set levels for the actuators in an event of a break in the connection between the routing device (3) and the computer system (2). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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