Thermal, Lighting and IAQ Control System for Energy Saving and Comfort Management

The present work proposes a simulation and control framework for home building automation, focusing on heating, ventilating, air conditioning processes. Control systems based different advanced architectures policies are simulated compared, highlighting performances, energy-saving results in terms of CO2 emissions reduction. Heat, lighting, natural ventilation phenomena were modelized through first-principles empirical equations, obtaining reliable flexible framework. Energy-consuming green energy-supplying renewable sources integrated into the framework, e.g., heat pumps, artificial lights, fresh flow, illuminance. Different schemes proposed, proportional–integral–derivative discrete event dynamic systems-based supervisors; specifications included, resulting multi-mode system. refer to energy savings comfort management, while minimizing overall costs. Comfort include thermal comfort, lighting good level indoor quality. Simulations scenarios considering various show reliability soundness performances potential proposed approach, which can provide greater or equal 6 [%] (in each season) 19 one year) with respect more standard approaches.