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humidity as well as manipulate all other options that are available on the LCD
touch screen.
Considerations have been made to allow features to be added to the system in
the future. All aspects of the system are able to be reprogrammed in the future.
Features such as air purification components, CO2 sensors, airflow sensors, and
severe weather alerts are all possibilities of additions to the system in the future.
Air purification would allow filters to be installed to clean the air being circulated
in the building, CO2 sensors would alert the user if dangerous levels exist in the
building, airflow sensors would alert the user that a filter needs to be changed,
and severe weather alerts would alert the user of storms that will be effecting the
building in the near future. These features and alerts would be added to expand
the functionality and capability of the system as a whole.
With the increased capabilities of cost effective technologies and the growing
demand for energy efficient systems, the need for intelligent control systems is
higher than it has ever been. In specific, efficient HVAC control systems are in
high demand. Because virtually every building has an HVAC system associated
with it, and the fact that the HVAC system is usually the leading energy
consumer in the building the need for an efficient HVAC control system is
particularly high. The system to be constructed is designed to reduce the energy
consumption of the traditional HVAC system by making smart decisions as to
which components to run, by adding a dehumidification element to the process,
and by using outside air to help heat or cool the building when applicable. In
addition to outside air being used to heat or cool the building, outside air helps to
filter unwanted contaminants out of the building along with the old stagnant air.
By combining the user interfaces of an LCD touch screen and a mobile web
server, the user is able to interact with the system using technologies of wireless
Internet connectivity and touch screen sensing that have only recently become
inexpensive enough to be utilized for this application, making this system a
cutting edge technological system. Smart control and feedback systems will
become more common as technology becomes less expensive and as demand
continues to rise, and therefore the Efficient HVAC Control and Feedback
System is a product that is on the leading edge of products intended to save
energy and money.