Pramod K VarshneySyracuse University

Presentation Overview

❏ What is the EQS STAR Center?❏ Scope of EQS Research ❏ Sensor Networks and their Role in EQS❏ Monitoring, Information Processing and Control Issues

A NY A NY SStrategically trategically TTargeted argeted AAcademic cademic RResearch Centeresearch Center

http://www.coees.orghttp://eqs.syr.edu

May 2001: Governor Pataki announces a $15M grant for SU’s STAR Center for Environmental Quality Systems (EQS).

June 2002: Governor Pataki announces a $22M grant for SU’s CoE-ES.

Center of Excellence in Environmental SystemsSyracuse is poised to be a National Leader in EQS…

Center’s Hub and Distributed Facilities

Syracuse

Clarkson

UFIMDA

Buffalo Cornell

UMUESF

Albany

RPI

IES

NYIEQ

Alfred

Rochester

The Center has a hub in Syracuse and distributed facilities all over NYS

EQS Center’s Mission

As the research arm of the CoE-ES, the EQS Center conducts research, develops and transfers technology and educates professionals in integrated systems that enhance hhuman health and performance, reduce life-cycle costs and improve the quality of uurban and bbuilt environments.

SStrategically TTargeted AAcademic RResearch (STAR)

where 75% of us live

Where we spend90% of our time

Intelligent Environmental Quality Systems (i-EQS)

A.I.RA.I.R

Aware

Reconfigurable Interactive

SAID

SAID = Sense, Analyze, Interpret and Decide

Attributes of Intelligence…

Scope of i-EQS

❏ EQS for Personal Environmental Control (P-EQS) ❏ EQS for Large High-Performance Buildings (B-EQS)❏ EQS for Airsheds & Watersheds of Urban Ecosystems (U-EQS)

EQS research efforts will apply to a broad range of i-EQS... from personal (micro-scale) to urban (macro-scale)…

Examples of Nested Environmental Scales

MicroPersonal

Building

Lake

MesoBuilding

Urban Ecosystem

Watershed

MacroUrban Ecosystem

Regional Airshed

Region

MesoMicro Macro Scale

EQS

ObjectExamples:PersonLakeFood Product

Actions:Sensing/Analyzing/Interpreting/DecidingCommunicatingControlling

Multi-mode Fluxes

Built Environmental Systems

: Flows of : Flows of energy, mass, energy, mass, and informationand information

OccupantsHVAC

Power

& Ene

rgy

Water Supply

& Drainage

Infor

mation

&

Commun

icatio

nLighting

Fire & Safety

SurroundingEnvironment

BuildingEnvelope

For improved health, productivity, sustainability and security…

IntegratedFundamental

PollutantsSources/Sinks

PollutantTransport

VOC emissions

VOC sorption

Particle emissions

Particle dispersion

Porous media (filters)

Around buildings

Multi-zone buildings

Individual rooms/spaces

Occupants & respiratory sys

i-BESDesign

i-BESTechnologies

i-BESControl

Simulation models

Online databases

Expert systems

Integrated design

Chem/Bio Sensors

Trusted info networks

info processing

Intelligent controls

Low-emitting materials/sys.

Personal vent. sys./devices

Air cleaning & purification

Scope of ResearchIntelligent Built Environmental Systems: i-BES

U-EQS

U-EQS

U-EQS

U-EQS

Conceptual Process Diagram

Resource Management

Indoor/BuiltEnvironment

InformationAcquisition

ViaSensors

TrustedInformation

Network

Controland

ResponsePlan

IntelligentInformationProcessing

SystemController

and/orHCI

Databases

Key Components

❏ Sensing Technology❏ Sensor Networks❏ Intelligent Information Processing❏ Control and Management Methodology❏ Experimental Verification and Testing

Sensing Technology

❏ Sensor development◆ physical, chemical and biological aspects◆ electronics

❏ Performance evaluation◆ accuracy◆ sensitivity◆ reliability

❏ Performance enhancement◆ neural networks

❏ Sensor placement◆ building architecture and HVAC system◆ sensing and communication coverage◆ temporal and spatial dispersion patterns◆ optimization

Sensor Networks

❏ Wired or wireless?❏ SN architecture

◆ node placement◆ modulation, coding and protocols

❏ Adaptive management and control◆ bandwidth◆ energy

❏ Security and information assurance

Intelligent Information Processing

❏ System architecture

Control/Action Devices

Sensor

LocalDecisionMakers

Global Decision Maker

Intelligent Information Processing

❏ Sensor and subsystem modeling❏ Learning algorithms❏ Knowledge discovery❏ Information fusion

◆ acquisition, processing and synergistic combination of information

❏ Signal processing and decision making❏ Time-critical algorithms

Control and Management Methodology

❏ Multi-level intelligent control◆ variety of levels of focus, specificity, accuracy and time constants

❏ Model-based control◆ proactive rather than reactive◆ modeling of sensor and process models

❏ Methodology◆ analytic models◆ neural networks◆ fuzzy logic

❏ Verification◆ analytical methods◆ computer simulation◆ experiments

Control and Management Methodology

❏ Dynamic response plan◆ Mitigation

✦ HVAC system✦ multi-zone buildings✦ chemical / biological actions

◆ Evacuation✦ flow and graphical models✦ game theoretic methods✦ optimization algorithms

❏ Video surveillance

Experimental Verification and Testing

❏ Sensor and subsystem models❏ Intelligent information processing algorithms❏ Intelligent control methods❏ Integrated experiments in a model building