USE OF A GEO-FENCING PERIMETER FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CONTROL
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1. A method of adjusting control devices of a building automation system (BAS), the method including the steps of:
- generating a geo-fencing perimeter that defines a space in a building;
associating the space with an occupant authorized to occupy the space;
downloading a cloud-based application to a mobile communications device (MCD) under the control of the occupant; and
using location-based services (LBS) provided by the MCD to determine entering or leaving the geo-fencing perimeter.
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Abstract
A method and system of associating the personal remote mobile communications devices of occupants with the room and spaces they occupy in a building or other facility and generating commands to a building automation system based on changes in the location of the mobile communications devices relative to the associated room or space.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of adjusting control devices of a building automation system (BAS), the method including the steps of:
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generating a geo-fencing perimeter that defines a space in a building; associating the space with an occupant authorized to occupy the space; downloading a cloud-based application to a mobile communications device (MCD) under the control of the occupant; and using location-based services (LBS) provided by the MCD to determine entering or leaving the geo-fencing perimeter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for adjusting control devices of a building automation system (BAS), comprising:
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geo-fencing perimeters that define spaces in a building; occupier identifiers that associate occupants with the geo-fencing perimeters; a plurality of mobile communications devices under the control of the occupants; a memory that stores the geo-fencing perimeters and the occupier identifiers; an application in signal communication with the memory that executes a plurality of instructions that determines locations of each of the plurality of mobile communications devices and compares the locations against the corresponding geo-fencing perimeters. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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