An Integrated Scheme for Cyber-physical Building Energy Management System

Building energy management systems (BEMS) are gaining momentum as an alternative means to implement energy efficiency applications in large public buildings. A integration of Cyber-physical system and building energy management manifests an effective avenue for the pursuit of high energy efficiency. This paper presents a building energy management system with wireless sensor networks using multi-agent distributed control methodology that concentrates on optimized target of air-conditioning, lighting and official electrical devices. A tiered integrated approach provides multiple levels of sensing, processing, communication and management functionality. The paper also introduces a detail study of physical and cyber aspects of the system. The performance of the system and its application in a large campus building are shown finally. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of [CEIS 2011]