Patent ID: 8924026
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: F24F,G05B,G05D,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling an environmental maintenance system that includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a value of a physical condition of an environment, the method comprising: receiving sensor values S corresponding to the sensors; determining a potential change dU to operation levels U of the actuators; calculating, with a computer system, a first contribution to a penalty function by: calculating, with the computer system, a second contribution to the penalty function by: determining a first value of the penalty function based on the first and second contributions for the potential change dU; determining an optimal change to the operation levels U of the actuators based on values of the penalty functions for a plurality of potential changes to the operation levels U; and setting the operation levels of the actuators based on the optimal change.