Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA)
Human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects in the understanding of building physics. The need to evaluate it requires controlled environments and facilities in which researchers can test their methods. In this paper, we present the commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing F...
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| author | Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez Aurora González Vidal Alfonso P. Ramallo González Miguel Ángel Zamora |
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| description | Human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects in the understanding of building physics. The need to evaluate it requires controlled environments and facilities in which researchers can test their methods. In this paper, we present the commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior (CASITA). This is a controlled space emulation of an office or flat, with more than 20 environmental sensors, 5 electrical meters, and 10 actuators. Our contribution shown in this paper is the development of an infrastructure-Artificial Intelligence (AI) model pair that is perfectly integrated for the study of a variety of human energy use aspects. This facility will help to perform studies about human behavior in a controlled space. To verify this, we have tested this emulation for 60 days, in which equipment was turned on and off, the settings of the conditioning system were modified remotely, and lighting operation was similar to that in real behaviors. This period of commissioning generated 74.4 GB of raw data including high-frequency measurements. This work has shown that CASITA performs beyond expectations and that sensors and actuators could enable research on a variety of disciplines related to building physics and human behavior. Also, we have tested the PROPHET software, which was previously used in other disciplines and found that it could be an excellent complement to CASITA for experiments that require the prediction of several pertinent variables in a given study. Our contribution has also been to proof that this package is an ideal “soft” addition to the infrastructure. A case study forecasting energy consumption has been performed, concluding that the facility and the software PROPHET have a great potential for research and an outstanding accuracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c738ba4710274c4ea6f92a95fb6574242022-12-22T04:22:58ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-08-01189282910.3390/s18092829s18092829Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA)Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez0Aurora González Vidal1Alfonso P. Ramallo González2Miguel Ángel Zamora3Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainHuman behavior is one of the most challenging aspects in the understanding of building physics. The need to evaluate it requires controlled environments and facilities in which researchers can test their methods. In this paper, we present the commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior (CASITA). This is a controlled space emulation of an office or flat, with more than 20 environmental sensors, 5 electrical meters, and 10 actuators. Our contribution shown in this paper is the development of an infrastructure-Artificial Intelligence (AI) model pair that is perfectly integrated for the study of a variety of human energy use aspects. This facility will help to perform studies about human behavior in a controlled space. To verify this, we have tested this emulation for 60 days, in which equipment was turned on and off, the settings of the conditioning system were modified remotely, and lighting operation was similar to that in real behaviors. This period of commissioning generated 74.4 GB of raw data including high-frequency measurements. This work has shown that CASITA performs beyond expectations and that sensors and actuators could enable research on a variety of disciplines related to building physics and human behavior. Also, we have tested the PROPHET software, which was previously used in other disciplines and found that it could be an excellent complement to CASITA for experiments that require the prediction of several pertinent variables in a given study. Our contribution has also been to proof that this package is an ideal “soft” addition to the infrastructure. A case study forecasting energy consumption has been performed, concluding that the facility and the software PROPHET have a great potential for research and an outstanding accuracy.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/9/2829modellingenergybuildings |
| spellingShingle | Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez Aurora González Vidal Alfonso P. Ramallo González Miguel Ángel Zamora Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) Sensors modelling energy buildings |
| title | Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) |
| title_full | Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) |
| title_fullStr | Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) |
| title_short | Commissioning of the Controlled and Automatized Testing Facility for Human Behavior and Control (CASITA) |
| title_sort | commissioning of the controlled and automatized testing facility for human behavior and control casita |
| topic | modelling energy buildings |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/9/2829 |
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