Fault detection and diagnosis for smart buildings: State of the art, trends and challenges

Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Hamid Reza Shaker, Nader Mohamed, Bo Norregaard Jorgensen

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38 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Worldwide, buildings account for ca. 40% of the total energy consumption and ca. 20% of the total CO2 emissions. While most of the energy goes into primary building use, a significant amount of energy is wasted due to malfunctioning building system equipment and wrongly configured Building Management Systems (BMS). For example, wrongly configured setpoints or building equipment, or misplaced sensors and actuators, can contribute to deviations of the real energy consumption from the predicted one. Our paper is motivated by these posed challenges and aims at pinpointing the types of problems in the BMS components that can affect the energy efficiency of a building, as well as review the methods that can be utilized for their discovery and diagnosis. The goal of the paper is to highlight the challenges that lie in this problem domain, as well as provide a strategy how to counterfeit them.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City, ICBDSC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages344-350
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509013654
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 26 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City, ICBDSC 2016 - Muscat, Oman
Duration: Mar 15 2016Mar 16 2016

Publication series

Name2016 3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City, ICBDSC 2016

Other

Other3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City, ICBDSC 2016
Country/TerritoryOman
CityMuscat
Period3/15/163/16/16

Keywords

  • challenges
  • diagnosis
  • review
  • smart buildings
  • strategy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Development
  • Urban Studies

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