Ittetsu Taniguchi

Osaka University, Japan

A Thermal Comfort Aware Online HVAC Management and Its On-site Experiment

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, online HVAC management methodology is proposed to contribute to energy saving. The proposed HVAC management methodology is composed of an accurate temperature estimation model and HVAC scheduling algorithm. The on-site experiment of the proposed methodology is performed on the university building, and practical HVAC management is realized.

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.