Volume 6, Issue 1, August 2014, Pages 82–91
Ofoegbu Edward O.1 and Ogunmakinde Olabode E.2
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria
2 Department of Architecture, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria
Original language: English
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The research paper discusses a user activity based building automation system for real time monitoring and control for a standard one-bedroom unit. Standard buildings designed and built in Nigeria are without any form of automation and with emerging technologies that support automation of certain sections/processes in buildings the intelligent building paradigm can be a realizable objective. This paper thus proposes a microcontroller based design interfaced with appropriate sensors, actuators and voice recognition abilities to develop a building automation system (BAS) whose control action is based on human activity analysis/ human presence detection. The developed system when implemented would offer the advantage of real-time occupancy information for control of lighting and other electronic circuitry so as to save a significant amount of the electrical energy.
Author Keywords: BAS, Microcontroller, Sensors, Actuators.
Ofoegbu Edward O.1 and Ogunmakinde Olabode E.2
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria
2 Department of Architecture, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The research paper discusses a user activity based building automation system for real time monitoring and control for a standard one-bedroom unit. Standard buildings designed and built in Nigeria are without any form of automation and with emerging technologies that support automation of certain sections/processes in buildings the intelligent building paradigm can be a realizable objective. This paper thus proposes a microcontroller based design interfaced with appropriate sensors, actuators and voice recognition abilities to develop a building automation system (BAS) whose control action is based on human activity analysis/ human presence detection. The developed system when implemented would offer the advantage of real-time occupancy information for control of lighting and other electronic circuitry so as to save a significant amount of the electrical energy.
Author Keywords: BAS, Microcontroller, Sensors, Actuators.
How to Cite this Article
Ofoegbu Edward O. and Ogunmakinde Olabode E., “A USER ACTIVITY BASED INTELLIGENT BUILDING DESIGN FOR FULL AUTOMATION OF A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT BUILDING,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 82–91, August 2014.
