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Expanding Horizons with Chameleon: Team Missouri's Innovative Home Automation System
Energies
  • Bryan Glass
  • Ben Brannon
  • Katie Grantham, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Stuart Werner Baur, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Team Missouri's 2009 Solar Decathlon entry featured a revolutionary home automation system, Chameleon, promoting both convenience and energy savings. This was accomplished using the typical controls of a convenience based automation system, while maintaining user set points, such as a home's ambient temperature, in the most energy efficient manner. Environmental features of the system include controls for home heating, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting, windows, shades, appliances, indoor air quality, as well as indoor and outdoor irrigation. Further analysis and refinement to the prototype system displayed at the competition is also presented in this paper.

Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Second Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Appliance control,
  • Energy conservation,
  • Home automation,
  • Optimization,
  • Residential
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Publication Date
6-1-2010
Publication Date
01 Jun 2010
Citation Information
Bryan Glass, Ben Brannon, Katie Grantham and Stuart Werner Baur. "Expanding Horizons with Chameleon: Team Missouri's Innovative Home Automation System" Energies Vol. 3 Iss. 6 (2010) p. 1142 - 1153 ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stuart-baur/15/