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Building Energy Management System

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This entry provides an overview of building energy management systems (BEMS). It includes a description of the communication and control architectures typically used for energy management, definition of the optimal supervisory control problem, and a description of current and future developments in optimal energy management.

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  1. MAE-B 324, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Prabir Barooah

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    John Baillieul

  2. Automation and Control Solutions, Honeywell, Golden Valley, MN, USA

    Tariq Samad

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  1. Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

    John T. Wen

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Barooah, P. (2020). Building Energy Management System. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_100083-1

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