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Chapter 15
Energy Efficient Building
Preston Arnett, Ian Wolfe, and Fei Hu
15.1 Cyber-Physical Systems for Building Energy Saving
With ever-rising energy costs driving research into alternative energy sources, a seemingly
untapped area of energy research comes in the form of finding more and more ways to reduce
already present energy burdens. Buildings consume around 70% of the energy used daily in the
United States. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, in particular, consume
a large amount of energy. e heating and cooling of buildings and homes consume nearly three
quarters of all of the energy in the United States a