II-NEW: The BetaHome Network: A Multi-Home Testbed for Smart Building Technology

II-新：BetaHome 网络：智能建筑技术的多户测试平台

• 批准号: 1305362
• 负责人: Cameron (Kamin) Whitehouse
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1305362&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: II; NEW; BetaHome; Network; Multi

This award provides funding for a new institutional Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) project focused on residential energy research at the University of Virginia. Recent studies have demonstrated great potential for applications of embedded sensing and control in the home environment. However, research in this area is limited by the inability to experiment beyond small scale field tests and pilot studies. The BetaHome Network is a new residential sensing testbed that includes an array of homes with extensive and semi-permanent instrumentation of the electrical, water, and HVAC systems. The testbed captures several dimensions of variability in homes that are not captured by one-off field tests and small pilot studies. Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, the BetaHome Network system tracks and records the locations of occupants within the home, in relation to the energy, water, and HVAC events that are also being recorded. This unique sensing testbed provides a complete, real-time picture of both occupancy and energy usage in the home with unprecedented detail about the internal happenings of the home. The testbed enables several new types of studies that were heretofore impractical, including cross-sectional analytics and controlled intervention studies. The project enables research on novel techniques for (i) occupancy and energy monitoring in homes (ii) personalized energy feedback (iii) intelligent thermostat control (iv) low-cost energy audits, and (v) intelligent fixture-driven water heating.The research infrastructure created by this project enables research on new home monitoring and energy efficiency technologies, focusing on practical and low-cost solutions that can be readily translated to market. For example, preliminary studies demonstrated a 28% reduction per household in the energy required for heating and cooling, at the cost of only $25 in additional sensors per home. This project opens a new realm for residential ``living laboratories'' that enhance the infrastructure for research and education in the area of energy-efficient technologies, helping to propel the nation towards its goal of a 70% improvement in the total energy efficiency of existing buildings across the country by 2030. New courses are being developed as a result of this infrastructure and both graduate and undergraduate researchers are involved in new research. The project is producing a new data set of unprecedented detail that can be used as benchmarks for the energy monitoring community to enable research and inspire future generations of researchers to study science and engineering by illustrating its applied nature and potential for social benefit.

该奖项为弗吉尼亚大学新的机构计算研究基础设施 (CRI) 项目提供资金，该项目专注于住宅能源研究。最近的研究表明嵌入式传感和控制在家庭环境中的应用具有巨大潜力。 然而，该领域的研究因无法进行小规模现场测试和试点研究之外的实验而受到限制。 BetaHome 网络是一个新的住宅传感测试平台，其中包括一系列配有大量半永久性电气、水和 HVAC 系统仪表的住宅。 该测试平台捕获了家庭中的多个维度的变化，这是一次性现场测试和小型试点研究无法捕获的。 此外，也许最重要的是，BetaHome 网络系统可跟踪并记录家中居住者的位置，以及所记录的能源、水和 HVAC 事件的相关信息。 这个独特的传感测试台提供了家庭占用和能源使用的完整实时图片，以及有关家庭内部发生的前所未有的详细信息。 该测试平台支持多种迄今为止不切实际的新型研究，包括横断面分析和受控干预研究。 该项目能够研究以下方面的新技术：(i) 家庭占用和能源监控 (ii) 个性化能源反馈 (iii) 智能恒温器控制 (iv) 低成本能源审计，以及 (v) 智能固定装置驱动的热水。该项目创建的研究基础设施能够研究新的家庭监控和能源效率技术，重点关注易于转化为市场的实用且低成本的解决方案。 例如，初步研究表明，每个家庭的供暖和制冷所需能源减少了 28%，而每个家庭额外安装传感器的成本仅为 25 美元。 该项目为住宅“生活实验室”开辟了新领域，增强了节能技术领域的研究和教育基础设施，有助于推动国家实现将住宅总能源效率提高 70% 的目标。到 2030 年，该基础设施将覆盖全国现有建筑。新课程正在开发中，研究生和本科生研究人员都参与了新研究。 该项目正在生成一个前所未有的详细数据集，可用作能源监测界的基准，通过说明其应用性质和社会效益潜力，促进研究并激励未来几代研究人员研究科学和工程。