Ittetsu Taniguchi

Osaka University, Japan

A Thermal Comfort Aware HVAC Aggregation for Demand-side Flexibility

Abstract

According to government statistics, residential energy consumption accounts for about 40% of society’s total energy consumption. Recent research reveals that HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems are responsible for about half of the energy consumption in the residential sectors in developed countries. In this research, a thermal comfort-aware HVAC aggregation method is proposed to contribute to extracting demand-side flexibility. It aims to balance maximizing occupants’ thermal comfort with generating demand-side flexibility by adjusting HVAC temperature setpoints. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Biography

Ittetsu Taniguchi received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Osaka University in 2004, 2006, and 2009, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he was an international scholar at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (IMEC), Belgium. In 2009, he joined the College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University as an assistant professor, and became a lecturer in 2014. In 2017, he joined the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University as an associate professor. His research interests include system-level design methodology of embedded systems and cyber-physical systems. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, IEICE, and IPSJ.