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The present invention relates to a building energy management system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a building energy management system and a control method thereof that provide an optimal environment according to a building environment condition and enable efficient energy management.
In recent years, interest in building automation has been increasing in the central system to control facilities installed in buildings in order to save energy. That is, there is an increased interest in more efficiently and systematically managing facilities installed in buildings.
Particularly, a building energy management system is being developed that controls facilities that can appropriately adjust energy consumption for facilities installed in a building and provide a pleasant environment to a user. Such a building energy management system is a standard protocol for implementing an integrated network, for example, using a back-net.
However, in the conventional building energy management system, for example, when a multi-type air conditioner is used as a facility, the facility has been mainly controlled considering only the factors influencing the temperature change. As a result, the optimal control of the plant, which takes into account various environmental factors such as factors affecting energy consumption, user's personal taste, and operation pattern, has not been achieved.
Therefore, embodiments of the present invention can be applied to various types of buildings, such as a building, a building, a building, a building, And a control method of the building energy management system for controlling the facility so that the reduction of the power consumption and the efficient driving increase can be optimized at the same time.
In addition, embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by setting a minimum saving criterion for energy consumption or an element that emphasizes more in facility control for user-customized control, There is another purpose in providing a building energy management system and its control method.
Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention is an external device or device for collecting and real-time device data and operation data, environmental data of the environment, and user data of the facility in the central control and / or individual control of the facility to reflect in the facility control Another object of the present invention is to provide a building energy management system and a control method thereof, which can provide an optimal environment according to a change of situation by interlocking the installed system.
A building energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one facility installed in a building; At least one central controller in communication with the facility and for centrally controlling the operation of the facility, wherein the central controller collectively considers device data, travel data, ambient environmental data, and user data of the facility. And determining an optimum point for optimizing a reduction rate of energy consumption and an increase rate of efficient driving of the facility, and automatically controlling the facility to meet the optimum point.
In an embodiment, the central controller comprises: a saving mode setting module for setting a minimum saving criterion of energy consumption for the facility according to a user input or preset criteria; And an optimum point calculating module for calculating an expected point of the energy consumption and an estimated increase rate of efficient driving based on the data and calculating an optimum point thereof.
In an embodiment, the building energy management system comprises: an individual controller for individually controlling the facility; And a web service module communicating with the central controller and facility and providing the facility data, the operational data, the environmental condition data, and the user data of the facility to the individual controller via the Internet, And the control data is separately provided to the central controller.
In the embodiment, the optimum point may be changed within a predetermined range according to whether or not it is interlocked with an external device, a characteristic of a building, or a user's preference.
In an embodiment, the building energy management system includes a database that is interlocked with the central controller and stores device data of the facility, operation data, environmental condition data, and user data, and logic for controlling the control pattern for the facility And further comprising:
In an embodiment, the building energy management system further includes at least one sensor unit installed in the building, for sensing the environmental condition data.
In an embodiment, the environmental condition data includes at least one of weather data, user reacquisition, spatial characteristics, user's connection position, current time, and external device interlocking, and the sensor unit includes an infrared sensor, A sensor, a body reaction sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a wind direction sensor, an illuminance sensor, and a timer sensor.
In an embodiment, the building energy management system includes an input unit for receiving the user data and a control command for the facility; And an output unit for displaying a current state and an operation result of the central controller.
In an embodiment, the building energy management system includes the facility and a communication unit for performing communication in the central control period.
In an embodiment, the communication unit is a backnet gateway.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a building energy management system, the method comprising: collecting device data, operation data, environmental condition data, and user data of a facility installed in a building; Calculating an expected reduction rate of energy consumption and an expected increase rate of efficient operation for the facility, taking into consideration the collected data collectively; Determining an optimum point of the calculated expected saving rate and an expected growth rate; And automatically controlling the facility to match the optimum point.
In an embodiment, the control method comprises the steps of: providing, via the Internet, the device data, the running data, the environmental condition data, and the user data to an individual controller; Generating control data for individually controlling the facility by taking into consideration the provided data collectively; Controlling the facility by providing the control data, and storing the control data in a database.
In an embodiment, the control method may include: storing the device data, driving data, surrounding environment state data, and user data; The method may further include updating the stored data in real time.
Further, a method of controlling a building energy management system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a minimum saving criterion of energy consumption for a facility installed in a building according to a user input or a preset reference; Collecting device data, operational data, environmental condition data, and user data of the facility; Calculating an estimated increase rate of efficient operation for the facility by taking into consideration the collected data collectively; Determining a minimum saving criterion of the set energy consumption and an optimum point of the calculated efficient drive increase rate; And automatically controlling the facility to match the optimum point.
In an embodiment, the control method includes the steps of: providing, via the Internet, device data of the facility, operation data, environmental condition data, and user data to an individual controller; Generating control data for individually controlling the facility by taking into consideration the provided data collectively; Controlling the facility by providing upper limb control data, and storing the control data in a database.
In an embodiment, the control method comprises the steps of: storing device data, driving data, ambient environmental state data, and user data of the facility; The method may further include updating the stored data in real time.
A building energy management system and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a variety of buildings such as weather data, usage pattern, convenience of operation, characteristics of a building or a building area, It is possible to more efficiently manage the energy by determining the optimum point satisfying both the reduction of the energy consumption and the increase of the efficient driving and controlling the equipment accordingly.
Further, a building energy management system and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can set a minimum saving standard of energy consumption for a facility step by step, and if necessary, And by allowing the user to perform individual control of the facility through the web server, efficient energy management and user-customized facility control are possible.
Furthermore, the building energy management system and control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention collect device data and operation data of the facility, environmental data of the surrounding environment, and user data in real time, from which the control pattern for the facility is logic. By linking the database with the facility controller, it is possible to provide the optimum environment and further reduce the energy consumption rate as the situation changes.
1 is a block diagram of a building energy management system according to the present invention;
2 is a detailed block diagram of a central controller in a building energy management system according to the present invention;
3 is a graph showing optimum points related to control of a building energy management system according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a building energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a control method of a building energy management system according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, a building energy management system and a control method thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring first to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of a building energy management system according to the present invention.
The building energy management system includes at least one
The
The
Here, the device data includes information on the type of the
In addition, the driving data includes, for example, an operation state of the
The environmental condition data may include at least one of natural environmental condition data such as external weather data, sunshine temperature, temperature, humidity, and current time, and an anthropic environmental condition such as user reacquisition, space characteristics, user connection position, You can include all of your data. In addition, the user data may further include the current position of the user, the taste or preference of the user.
The optimum point may be changed within a predetermined range according to the external device of the
The reduction rate of the energy consumption is optimized in consideration of the device data, the operation data, the environmental condition data, and the user data in a direction to further increase the energy saving. In addition, the rate of increase of the efficient driving is optimized in a direction to further increase the user satisfaction by comprehensively considering the device data, the operating data, the surrounding environment status data, and the user data. As described above, since the relationship between the reduction rate of energy consumption and the increase rate of efficient driving is inversely related to each other, the
The optimum point may be changed according to the characteristics of the building. That is, it can be categorized as a case where the energy consumption of the
The
Referring to FIG. 2, a detailed configuration of the
The saving
The optimal
In this regard, FIG. 3 graphically shows the optimal points of the estimated saving rate and the estimated growth rate, which are quantified.
As shown, the x-axis of the graph represents the rate of increase in efficient driving of the facility, for example, the increase in comfort due to multi-climate control, and the y-axis of the graph represents the rate of energy savings. As described above, the 'optimal point' can be obtained by reflecting the various factors that are inversely related to the rate of efficient driving of the facility and the rate of energy consumption reduction, and can optimize both of them at the same time. According to the building energy management system of the present invention, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of the energy saving and the efficiency of the facility by taking the device data, the operation data, the surrounding environment state data, and the user data of the multi- have. That is, when the building energy management system according to the present invention is applied to the
Referring again to FIG. 1, the
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The building energy management system according to the present invention further includes a
The
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The control method of the building energy management system according to the present invention described above will now be described. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a building energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, device data, operation data, environmental condition data, and user data of the facility are collected (S10). The estimated reduction rate of the energy consumption and the estimated increase rate of the efficient operation for the facility are all calculated in consideration of the collected data (S20). An optimum point for optimizing the estimated reduction rate of the calculated energy consumption and the expected increase rate of the efficient driving is determined (S30). The facility is automatically controlled so as to meet the determined optimum point (S40).
In an embodiment, the device data, operational data, ambient condition data, and user data may be logged in a traffic pattern and stored in a database. The stored data is updated in real time.
Further, in the embodiment, when the user attempts individual control of the facility, the device data, the driving data, the surrounding environment state data, and the user data stored in the database are provided to the individual controller via the Internet. And based on the provided data, control data for generating individual control of the facility is generated. The generated control data is reflected in the facility control, and stored in a database for the control pattern.
5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a control method of a building energy management system according to the present invention. First, according to a user input or a predetermined criterion, a minimum saving criterion of energy consumption for a facility installed in a building is set (S5). Then, the device data, the driving data, the environmental status data, and the user data of the facility is collected (S10). In consideration of the collected data, the expected increase rate of efficient driving of the facility is calculated (S20 ′). The optimum point for optimizing the minimum saving criteria of the set energy consumption and the increase rate of the calculated efficient driving is determined (S30 ′). Automatic control of the facility to meet the optimum point (S40). In this case, the device data, the driving data, the surrounding environment state data, and the user data may be logic and stored in a database. The stored data may be automatically updated in real time. When the user attempts individual control of the facility (S50), the device data, the driving data, the surrounding environment state data, and the user data stored in the database are provided to the individual controller via the Internet, and the provided data Based on the control data to control the facility is generated (S60). The generated control data is reflected in the facility control, and is databased and stored for the facility control pattern.
The building energy management system and the control method thereof according to the present invention may be modified or added depending on the characteristics of the building, such as office, food store, university, and hospital.
The building energy management system and its control method are applied to an office as follows. 4 and 5, the user data further includes an employee's ID, an in-house position of the employee, a control pattern of the employee, a connection position of the employee at the time of individual control, and the like. In addition, the user data is automatically updated when an intra-company seat shift or an employee is changed. In addition, not only the
The above-mentioned building energy management system and its control method are applied to a food store as follows. Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the ambient environment status data further includes an installation position and an operation state of a refrigerator or a refrigerator. For example, when the
The above-mentioned building energy management system and its control method are applied to universities as follows. Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the environmental condition data further includes a user reacquisition, a peak time, and the like. In addition, the user data is further embodied by setting a school schedule, a lecture schedule, a reservation time, and the like. For example, in the case where the
If the environment condition data and the user data do not coincide with each other, for example, if the lecture time table is inconsistent with the user reacquisition, The point should be determined. Thereby reducing the energy consumption for the
The case of applying the building energy management system and its control method to a hospital is as follows. In the hospital, the building energy management system according to the present invention can be applied for patient monitoring purposes. 4 and 5, the user data further includes a patient's name, ongoing treatment, specific constitution, and patient's condition. In addition, the
As described above, the building energy management system and the control method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to various fields such as weather data, usage pattern, convenience of operation, characteristics of a building or a building area, Etc., to determine the optimum point that simultaneously satisfies the reduction of energy consumption and the increase of the efficient driving, and accordingly, the facility is controlled so that efficient energy management can be performed. In addition, data related to facilities can be provided to individual controllers through a web server, so that individual control of facilities can be realized, thereby enabling efficient energy management and customized facility control.
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At least one central controller in communication with the facility and for centrally controlling the operation of the facility,
The central controller comprises:
The optimum point for optimizing the reduction rate of energy consumption of the facility and the increase rate of efficient driving of the facility is determined by comprehensively considering the device data, operation data, environmental state data, and user data of the facility. It characterized in that the automatic control of the installation to comply with,
Building energy management system.
The central controller comprises:
A saving mode setting module configured to set a minimum saving criterion of the energy consumption according to a user input or a predetermined criterion; And
And an optimal point calculating module for calculating the optimum point by numerically calculating an expected saving rate of the energy consumption and an expected increase rate of efficient driving based on the data.
Building energy management system.
An individual controller for individually controlling the facility; And
A web service module in communication with the central controller and the facility, the web service module providing the device data, driving data, environmental condition data, and user data to the individual controller via the Internet;
Said individual controller comprising:
Generating control data for individually controlling the facility by collectively considering the data, and providing the control data to the central controller.
Building energy management system.
The optimum point is characterized in that it can be changed within a range determined according to whether or not interworking with the external device, the characteristics of the building, or the user preferences,
Building energy management system.
And a database interworking with the central controller and storing device data, driving data, ambient state data, and user data of the facility, and logicalizing a control pattern for the facility.
Building energy management system.
It is installed in the building, characterized in that it further comprises one or more sensor unit for sensing the ambient state data,
Building energy management system.
Wherein the environmental condition data includes at least any one of weather data, user reacquisition, spatial characteristics, user connection location, current time, and external device interlocking,
Wherein the sensor unit includes at least one of an infrared sensor, an operation sensor, a body reaction sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a wind direction sensor, an illuminance sensor, and a timer sensor.
Building energy management system.
An input unit for receiving the user data and monitoring and control commands for the facility; And
Further comprising: an output unit for displaying the current state and operation results of the central controller,
Building energy management system.
Characterized in that it comprises a communication unit for performing communication between the facility and the central controller,
Building energy management system.
Wherein the communication unit is a white-net gateway,
Building energy management system.
Calculating the expected reduction rate of energy consumption and the expected increase rate of efficient driving of the facility by comprehensively considering the collected data;
Determining an optimal point for the calculated expected savings rate and expected growth rate; And
And automatically controlling the facility to match the optimum point.
Control method of building energy management system.
Providing, via the Internet, the device data, the operational data, the environmental condition data, and the user data to the respective controllers;
Generating control data for individually controlling the facility based on the provided data; And
Further comprising providing the control data to control the facility and storing the control data in a database,
Control method of building energy management system.
Storing the device data, operational data, environmental condition data, and user data;
And updating the stored data in real time.
Control method of building energy management system.
Collecting device data, operational data, environmental condition data, and user data of the facility;
Calculating an expected increase rate of efficient driving of the facility by comprehensively considering the collected data;
Determining an optimal point for optimizing the set saving rate of the set energy consumption and the calculated rate of efficient driving; And
And automatically controlling the facility to match the optimal point.
Control method of building energy management system.
Providing device data, operational data, environmental condition data, and user data of the facility to an individual controller over the Internet;
Generating control data for individually controlling the facility based on the provided data; And
Further comprising providing the control data to control the facility and storing the control data in a database,
Control method of building energy management system.
Storing device data, operational data, environmental condition data, and user data of the facility; And
And updating the stored data in real time.
Control method of building energy management system.
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