Developing a Building Energy Management Framework Based on Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

Abstract

Building energy management systems (BEMS) have commonly been applied to minimise building operation costs through effective building management. Our approach was to find a new method by which building information could be applied to ubiquitous sensor networks. A new BEMS framework to minimise energy consumption in building facility management and utilise energy optimally was devised. A sensor location model was constructed based on the concept of defining the minimum activity area dependent on furniture boundaries. Semantic location of the usable area relative to architectural components was first introduced to deliver high-level context to the sensing environment. A Gong-BEMS solution has been developed to demonstrate how spatial information can be constructed and exploited in the building energy management process.