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ESTIMATING OCCUPANCY STATES FROM BUILDING TEMPERATURE DATA USING WAVELET ANALYSIS
Michael Georgescu Igor Mezi
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara Building Simulation 2013 Chambry, France August 27th, 2013

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Building Analysis

Campus Building

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Introduction
A typical building / virtual model can contain 1000 different outputs (measured or simulated) Data is collected at 5 30 minute intervals Outputs include: temperature, airflow, energy consumption, or comfort Due to the dimensions (temporal and spatial) of data, analysis is difficult Wavelet analysis allows non-stationary features of data (e.g. occupant effects) to be studied
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Wavelet Analysis
A wavelet is a waveform of effectively limited duration that has an average value of zero

Example: The Morlet Wavelet

(t ) e

1/ 2t 2

cos(5t )

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Continuous Wavelet Transformation

The CWT is the convolution of a signal with a scaled version of the mother wavelet

1 X (a, b) a

t b x(t ) ( )dt a
*

Unlike Fourier analysis, the CWT decomposes components of a signal in time The Morlet Wavelet and frequency allowing non-stationary features to be extracted
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CWT of Temperature Data

Large difference between weekend (norm. unoccupied) and weekday (norm. occupied)
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Concept
Building Output (Temperature)

Occupancy of Building

Sunday

Wavelet Decomposition

Monday

Tuesday

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Case Study: Student Resource Building

Name: Location: Size: Function: Levels: HVAC: Student Resource Building Santa Barbara 68,413 Square Feet University Administration and Multi-functional Spaces 3 Combined mechanical and natural ventilation

Sasaki Associates, INC. scape: ARUP

Data collected from building automation system EnergyPlus created with parameters determined from design drawings and measurement
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Occupancy Model
Occupancy est. from rooms containing temp. sensors Estimates extrapolated to unmeasured rooms

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Model Comparison
Model performance using measured occupancy is compared to schedules and building data
Static vs. Dynamic Occupancy

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Results of Occupancy Estimation

Using estimated occupancy, model better responds to day-to-day trends of building electric consumption

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Summary
Model Zoning

Compared to original EP model MBE 4% -0.8% CV(RMSE) 18.5% 10.5%

Fault Detection

Occupancy Prediction

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Summary
Compared to original EP model MBE 4% -0.8% CV(RMSE) 18.5% 10.5%
Summer Fall Winter Spring

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Thank You Questions? mvgeorge@engineering.ucsb.edu

This work was partially funded by Army Research Office Grant W911NF11-1-0511, with program manager Dr. Sam Stanton

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