According to examples a system, a method and a computer program for controlling at least one indoor environmental condition of a room, comprising: At least one processor, and at least one memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: Receive data of a number of persons within the room. Receive second data of a clothing of the persons. Based on the first and the second data, send a signal to at least one hvac de-vice of the room configured to control a level of a cleanness of the indoor environmental condition.

A management device is connected to an apparatus and is configured to manage the apparatus. The management device includes a display unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display information about the apparatus. The wireless communication unit is configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile terminal. The control unit is configured to, when a distance between the management device and the mobile terminal is shorter than a threshold, adjust display settings of the display unit to display settings of the mobile terminal.

The INTERIOR USER-COMFORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY MODELING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES (IUCEEMC) transforms comfort maps and occupant comfort inputs via a profile library manager component, exploration manager component, comfort map manager component, regulation monitor component, control temperature sequence generator component, and comfort map modification component, into comfort map and control temperature sequence outputs. In some implementations, the IUCEEMC can divide a timespace of a temperature model into a plurality of sections, select a section from the plurality of sections, perform a first persistent change of the section from the plurality of sections, and, via a control temperature sequence generator, calculate a control temperature sequence using the temperature model. The IUCEEMC can develop and execute a temperature trajectory on an HVAC system, such as a home or industrial HVAC system.

A temperature control device (e.g., a thermostat) may be configured to control an internal heat-generating electrical load so as to accurately measure a present temperature in a space around the temperature control device. The temperature control device may comprise a temperature sensing circuit configured to generate a temperature control signal indicating the present temperature in the space, and a control circuit configured to receive the temperature control signal and to control the internal electrical load. The control circuit may be configured to energize the internal electrical load in an awake state and to cause the internal electrical load to consume less power in an idle state. The control circuit may be configured to control the internal electrical load to a first energy level (e.g., a first intensity) during the awake state and to a second energy level (e.g., second intensity) that is less than the first during the idle state.

A thermostat for a building space. The thermostat includes a communications interface and a processing circuit. The communications interface is configured to engage in bidirectional communications with heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment and to receive an indication of a current heating or cooling load from the HVAC equipment. The processing circuit is configured to determine an occupancy of the building space based on the indication of the current heating or cooling load received from the HVAC equipment. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the HVAC equipment based on the determined occupancy of the building space.

Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to providing control of smart devices via data provided from or to a doorbell, via an application programming interface (API). The data provided by the doorbell may be submission data related to the doorbell, while received data may be reception data related to one or more smart devices, a smart-device environment structure hosting the smart devices, or both. Based upon the reception data and/or the submission data, a status of the doorbell and/or of the smart devices may be modified.

This patent specification relates to methods and systems that can detect over cycling conditions that exist in an HVAC system. The over cycling condition can be caused by overheating of a forced air heating system or furnace of the HVAC system control. When the furnace overheats, a thermally actuated limit switch within the furnace may cut off power to a heat generation apparatus. The limit switch can reconnect the power to the heat generation apparatus after it has cooled down, at which point the thermostat control system may issue another heating call to continue heating the enclosure so that it reaches the desired temperature. If the overheat condition persist, then the thermally actuated switch will cut power, resulting in repeated power cycling. The detection system and methods can monitor these power loss events and use them as data points for determining whether an alert condition exists within the HVAC system.

In an air-conditioning apparatus, in the case where a compressor is in operation, a fan is in operation, a wind guide plate is in a first state and a second heat exchanger operates as a condenser, when a detected temperature of target space for air-conditioning is higher than a set temperature for the target space and a detected temperature of a second heat exchanger is lower than or equal to a first reference temperature, a controller performs a first control to keep the compressor and the fan in operation and switch the state of the wind guide plate from the first state to a second state.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing an enhanced hotel guest experience. Disclosed methods include the actions of receiving data indicating the presence of a hotel guest from one or more sensors; generating a likelihood score that the hotel guest is going to their hotel room; determining that the generated likelihood score exceeds a likelihood threshold score; and based on determining that the generated likelihood score exceeds the likelihood threshold score, sending one or more instructions to one or more devices located within the hotel room.

Techniques are described for providing remote device (e.g., thermostat, lighting, appliance, etc.) control and/or energy monitoring. A system monitors sensor data captured by one or more sensors that sense attributes relevant to user presence at one or more monitored properties and status of one or more energy consuming devices associated with the one or more monitored properties. The system analyzes the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to a set of one or more rules and performs an operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices based on the analysis of the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to the set of one or more rules.