Design and Implementation of Context Aware Cyber Physical System for Sustainable Smart Building

Abstract

This article introduces a practical and real approach to the implementation of a cyber physical system for the intelligent management of energy consumption in a traditional building. The main objective of this research work has been to deploy a context aware cyber physical system to analyze the behavior of key physical parameters in order to optimize the energy consumption with a minimum degradation of the working conditions of the users. The scope of the project has been limited to design and develop a prototype to study the technical and economic viability of the implementation of this kind of technology. The paper also presents a detailed analysis on the electrical systems and their possibilities to increase the efficiency in terms of energy and cost savings. This is the case of the lighting system whose behavior has shown how a 3% of the energy consumption can be saved. The study conducted proves the current economical non-viability of cyber physical systems in traditional buildings for their energy management. Nevertheless, the non-developed nor marketed technologies which will allow their technical and economic viability have been identified and described.