Patent ID: 7925383
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: F24F,G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a plurality of management systems in a building comprising: establishing a network connection between a central controller and an air-conditioning management system, a door management system, a lighting control system, and an occupancy detection system provided in a building, wherein the network connection is based on a network protocol; receiving a first state information from the air-conditioning management system including a state of an HVAC unit provided in the building; receiving a second state information from the door management system including a state of a door positioned in the building; receiving a third state information from the lighting control system including a state of a light in the building; receiving a fourth state information from the occupancy detection system including an occupancy status of the building detected by the occupancy detection system; retrieving at the central controller a predetermined building state control information stored on a database connected to the network; determining at the central controller whether an operating state for the plurality of systems should be changed based on the retrieved predetermined building state control information and the received first state information that the HVAC unit is either on or off, the second state information that the door is either open or closed, the third state information that the lights in the building are on or off, and the fourth state information that the building is either occupied or unoccupied; and transmitting a first control signal from the central controller to the air-conditioning management system to control the HVAC unit to be either on or off based on the determination whether the operating state should be changed, wherein the central controller determines that the operation of the HVAC unit should be stopped when the HVAC unit is on, the door has been open for a predetermined amount of time, the lights are turned off, and the building is unoccupied.