MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy

Wim Zeiler, Rinus van Houten, Gert Boxem, Joep van der Velden, Willem Wortel, Jan-Fokko Haan, Paul Noom, Rene Kamhuis, Maarten Hommelberg, Henk Broekhuizen

2009

Abstract

Synergy between end-user, building and the built environment is the ultimate in the intelligent comfort process control concept. This new comfort control technology is based on the use of agent technology and can further reduce energy consumption of buildings while at the same time improve individual comfort. The TU/e (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) together with Kropman and ECN (Energy research Centre Netherlands) work together in the research for user based preference indoor climate control technology. Central in this approach is the whole building design process including the energy infrastructure which makes it possible to reduce energy consumption by tuning demand and supply of the energy needed to fulfil the comfort demand of the occupants of not just one building but a set of physical or virtual connected buildings.

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Zeiler W., van Houten R., Boxem G., van der Velden J., Wortel W., Haan J., Noom P., Kamhuis R., Hommelberg M. and Broekhuizen H. (2009). MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8111-66-1, pages 579-586. DOI: 10.5220/0001534705790586


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@conference{icaart09,
author={Wim Zeiler and Rinus van Houten and Gert Boxem and Joep van der Velden and Willem Wortel and Jan-Fokko Haan and Paul Noom and Rene Kamhuis and Maarten Hommelberg and Henk Broekhuizen},
title={MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2009},
pages={579-586},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001534705790586},
isbn={978-989-8111-66-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy
SN - 978-989-8111-66-1
AU - Zeiler W.
AU - van Houten R.
AU - Boxem G.
AU - van der Velden J.
AU - Wortel W.
AU - Haan J.
AU - Noom P.
AU - Kamhuis R.
AU - Hommelberg M.
AU - Broekhuizen H.
PY - 2009
SP - 579
EP - 586
DO - 10.5220/0001534705790586


in Harvard Style

Zeiler W., van Houten R., Boxem G., van der Velden J., Wortel W., Haan J., Noom P., Kamhuis R., Hommelberg M. and Broekhuizen H. (2009). MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8111-66-1, pages 579-586. DOI: 10.5220/0001534705790586


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart09,
author={Wim Zeiler and Rinus van Houten and Gert Boxem and Joep van der Velden and Willem Wortel and Jan-Fokko Haan and Paul Noom and Rene Kamhuis and Maarten Hommelberg and Henk Broekhuizen},
title={MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2009},
pages={579-586},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001534705790586},
isbn={978-989-8111-66-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - MULTI-AGENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT COMFORT - Agents for the Energy Infrastructure of the Built Environment: Flexergy
SN - 978-989-8111-66-1
AU - Zeiler W.
AU - van Houten R.
AU - Boxem G.
AU - van der Velden J.
AU - Wortel W.
AU - Haan J.
AU - Noom P.
AU - Kamhuis R.
AU - Hommelberg M.
AU - Broekhuizen H.
PY - 2009
SP - 579
EP - 586
DO - 10.5220/0001534705790586