Performers:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Oak Ridge, TN
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) – Richland, WA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) – Berkeley, CA
FY16 DOE Funding: $575,000
Project Term: October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016
Funding Type: Direct Lab Funding

Project Objective

As part of a multilab effort with PNNL and LBNL, ORNL will develop open-source sensor packages, communications, and associated algorithms for monitoring energy consumption within buildings by measuring spatial thermal load, humidity, occupancy estimation, and indoor air quality. The objective of this project is to develop zone-level occupancy sensing instead of set-point based controls to improve air distribution management adaptive to building usage, as well as to investigate the existing gaps in sensor technology in performing ubiquitous fault detection cost effectively in order to reduce energy losses due to building fault.

This effort will develop cost-effective sensing methods to monitor the number of occupants using thermal infrared detector array technology, as well as fault detection and diagnosis to enable continuous commissioning of building and refrigeration systems.

Contacts

DOE Technology Manager: Marina Sofos
Lead Performer: Teja Kuruganti, Oak Ridge National Laboratory