Title: A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR INTELLIGENT BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT BASED ON MULTI COMMUNICATION STANDARDS - A CASE STUDY
Abstract: This paper presents a case study of a wireless sensor network (WSN) to support energy
management utilizing Web services and middleware technologies. The approach presented proposes the
integration of WSNs with Ethernet/Internet/XML/Web Service communications into a ‘knowledge and
information services’ platform to support energy management which can be accessed via a Web service to
support inhabitant actions to reduce energy demand. It is based on the idea of collecting energy information
using various wireless devices operating with different communication standards. This is important as there are
various communication standards developed for WSNs including ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, Wi-Fi, WirelessHART and
ISA100.11a. The hardware components which are needed for a system using one specific communication
standard cannot be used directly within another system, due to differences in firmware, radio components,
communication standards, and in some cases profile parameters. This is problematic because the components of
different systems cannot be mixed and used in combination in order to take advantage of the most useful aspects
of products from multiple vendors. The concept and initial testing of the WSN presented in this paper goes
beyond current approaches as it uses various wireless devices operating with different communication
standards, which can support Web based services for building managers, owners and inhabitants.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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