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Pramod K VarshneySyracuse University
Presentation Overview
❏ What is the EQS STAR Center?❏ Scope of EQS Research ❏ Sensor Networks and their Role in EQS❏ Monitoring, Information Processing and Control Issues
A NY A NY SStrategically trategically TTargeted argeted AAcademic cademic RResearch Centeresearch Center
http://www.coees.orghttp://eqs.syr.edu
May 2001: Governor Pataki announces a $15M grant for SU’s STAR Center for Environmental Quality Systems (EQS).
June 2002: Governor Pataki announces a $22M grant for SU’s CoE-ES.
Center of Excellence in Environmental SystemsSyracuse is poised to be a National Leader in EQS…
Center’s Hub and Distributed Facilities
Syracuse
Clarkson
UFIMDA
Buffalo Cornell
UMUESF
Albany
RPI
IES
NYIEQ
Alfred
Rochester
The Center has a hub in Syracuse and distributed facilities all over NYS
EQS Center’s Mission
As the research arm of the CoE-ES, the EQS Center conducts research, develops and transfers technology and educates professionals in integrated systems that enhance hhuman health and performance, reduce life-cycle costs and improve the quality of uurban and bbuilt environments.
SStrategically TTargeted AAcademic RResearch (STAR)
where 75% of us live
Where we spend90% of our time
Intelligent Environmental Quality Systems (i-EQS)
A.I.RA.I.R
Aware
Reconfigurable Interactive
SAID
SAID = Sense, Analyze, Interpret and Decide
Attributes of Intelligence…
Scope of i-EQS
❏ EQS for Personal Environmental Control (P-EQS) ❏ EQS for Large High-Performance Buildings (B-EQS)❏ EQS for Airsheds & Watersheds of Urban Ecosystems (U-EQS)
EQS research efforts will apply to a broad range of i-EQS... from personal (micro-scale) to urban (macro-scale)…
Examples of Nested Environmental Scales
MicroPersonal
Building
Lake
MesoBuilding
Urban Ecosystem
Watershed
MacroUrban Ecosystem
Regional Airshed
Region
MesoMicro Macro Scale
EQS
ObjectExamples:PersonLakeFood Product
Actions:Sensing/Analyzing/Interpreting/DecidingCommunicatingControlling
Multi-mode Fluxes
Built Environmental Systems
: Flows of : Flows of energy, mass, energy, mass, and informationand information
OccupantsHVAC
Power
& Ene
rgy
Water Supply
& Drainage
Infor
mation
&
Commun
icatio
nLighting
Fire & Safety
SurroundingEnvironment
BuildingEnvelope
For improved health, productivity, sustainability and security…
IntegratedFundamental
PollutantsSources/Sinks
PollutantTransport
VOC emissions
VOC sorption
Particle emissions
Particle dispersion
Porous media (filters)
Around buildings
Multi-zone buildings
Individual rooms/spaces
Occupants & respiratory sys
i-BESDesign
i-BESTechnologies
i-BESControl
Simulation models
Online databases
Expert systems
Integrated design
Chem/Bio Sensors
Trusted info networks
info processing
Intelligent controls
Low-emitting materials/sys.
Personal vent. sys./devices
Air cleaning & purification
Scope of ResearchIntelligent Built Environmental Systems: i-BES
U-EQS
U-EQS
U-EQS
U-EQS
Conceptual Process Diagram
Resource Management
Indoor/BuiltEnvironment
InformationAcquisition
ViaSensors
TrustedInformation
Network
Controland
ResponsePlan
IntelligentInformationProcessing
SystemController
and/orHCI
Databases
Key Components
❏ Sensing Technology❏ Sensor Networks❏ Intelligent Information Processing❏ Control and Management Methodology❏ Experimental Verification and Testing
Sensing Technology
❏ Sensor development◆ physical, chemical and biological aspects◆ electronics
❏ Performance evaluation◆ accuracy◆ sensitivity◆ reliability
❏ Performance enhancement◆ neural networks
❏ Sensor placement◆ building architecture and HVAC system◆ sensing and communication coverage◆ temporal and spatial dispersion patterns◆ optimization
Sensor Networks
❏ Wired or wireless?❏ SN architecture
◆ node placement◆ modulation, coding and protocols
❏ Adaptive management and control◆ bandwidth◆ energy
❏ Security and information assurance
Intelligent Information Processing
❏ System architecture
Control/Action Devices
Sensor
LocalDecisionMakers
Global Decision Maker
Intelligent Information Processing
❏ Sensor and subsystem modeling❏ Learning algorithms❏ Knowledge discovery❏ Information fusion
◆ acquisition, processing and synergistic combination of information
❏ Signal processing and decision making❏ Time-critical algorithms
Control and Management Methodology
❏ Multi-level intelligent control◆ variety of levels of focus, specificity, accuracy and time constants
❏ Model-based control◆ proactive rather than reactive◆ modeling of sensor and process models
❏ Methodology◆ analytic models◆ neural networks◆ fuzzy logic
❏ Verification◆ analytical methods◆ computer simulation◆ experiments
Control and Management Methodology
❏ Dynamic response plan◆ Mitigation
✦ HVAC system✦ multi-zone buildings✦ chemical / biological actions
◆ Evacuation✦ flow and graphical models✦ game theoretic methods✦ optimization algorithms
❏ Video surveillance
Experimental Verification and Testing
❏ Sensor and subsystem models❏ Intelligent information processing algorithms❏ Intelligent control methods❏ Integrated experiments in a model building