INSTITUTIONEN FÖR VÄRME- OCH KRAFTTEKNIK ENERGIHUSHÅLLNING TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN I LUND A REVIEW OF RESIDENTIAL COMPUTER ORIENTATED ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEMS by Greg North ISSN 0282-1990 ISRN LUTMDN/TMVK--3190--SE DEPARTMENT OF HEAT AND POWER ENGINEERING LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 118, SE-221 00 LUND SWEDEN 2000 FOREWORD This document is a collection of data obtained from various sources that should give the reader a brief overview of the areas researched during the initial period of the author’s doctoral studies, from October 1999 to March 2000. The purpose of the document is to provide a basis for the studies by describing many different aspects of Energy Control Systems. This publication is part of the project Load Management in Buildings (Effekthushållning i byggnader) at the Division of Energy Economics and Planning, Department of Heat and Power Engineering, Lund University, Sweden. The project is financed by the Swedish Electrical Utilities Research and Development Company (Elforsk, Project Number 4083) and The Swedish Council for Building Research (Byggforskningsrådet, Project Number 19970426). Lund, April 2000 Greg North, MSc Jurek Pyrko, Assoc. Prof.
[email protected] Project Leader jurek.pyrko @vok.lth.se i REPORT CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT ............................................................................................................1 1.2 REPORT OVERVIEW .....................................................................................................................1