The air conditioning system comprises: an air conditioner; an inference device to infer data representing a total amount of a power demand value exceeding a set value for a prediction target period from input data including at least one of operation data of the air conditioner for a period prior to the prediction target period, state data of a user of the air conditioner for the period prior to the prediction target period, weather prediction data for the prediction target period, or characteristic data of the room in which the air conditioner is installed; and a control device to cause the air conditioner to perform a heat storage operation depending on a predicted value of the total amount of the power demand value.

An air-conditioning system includes a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses that, in an indoor space that is divided into a plurality of air-conditioned areas, each condition air in a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioned areas, a wireless communication module that communicates with an information communication terminal to which pieces of setting information that are each set for a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and represent operational details of the air-conditioning apparatus are input, and a controller that controls the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on the basis of the pieces of setting information communicated via the wireless communication module.

A computer implemented method for controlling the environmental conditions of a building in accordance with feedback from the occupants of the building is provided. The method includes detecting, by one or more processors, an occupant within a building space, and transmitting, by the one or more processors, a notification message to an occupant device associated with the occupant. The notification message includes a request to provide occupant feedback. The method includes receiving, by the one or more processors, an occupant feedback message from the occupant device. The occupant feedback message includes one or more quality ratings associated with one or more building conditions. The method includes assigning, by the one or more processors, a weighting factor to the occupant feedback message and performing an action to modify at least one of the building conditions responsive to the weighted occupant feedback message.

A thermostat of an HVAC system receives active event parameters from a utility provider. The active event parameters include a start time, a stop time, and a predefined temperature setpoint for the active event, which is associated with a requirement to decrease energy consumption between the start time and the stop time. Following the start time, the thermostat adjusts a setpoint temperature of the HVAC system to the predefined setpoint temperature.

An air conditioning system control device 10 includes: a switching unit 11 that, when a parameter relating to the indoor environment in which the air conditioning system operates does not satisfy a first condition while the air conditioning system is operating in a first operation mode that is an operation mode in which setting values computed on the basis of a prediction model are used as the setting values for the air conditioning system, switches the operation mode of the air conditioning system to a second operation mode that is an operation mode in which the computed setting values are not used as the setting values for the air conditioning system.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling environmental systems including a processor, a communication subsystem in electronic communication with the processor and adapted to enable electronic communication between the controller, a storage device and an environmental system, and context detection means in electronic communication with the processor, the context detection means adapted to automatically detect a change of context such that when the change of context is detected, comparing at least one setting with a corresponding current setting of the environmental system and if the setting does not match the current setting, adjusting the at least one environmental system to match the at least one setting of the at least one environmental system.

A home automation (HA) system may include at least one HA operation device that includes a user-settable thermostat for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system associated with a living area of a user. The HA system may also include a controller. The controller may be configured to collect user thermostat setting data from the user-settable thermostat, and use machine learning to identify a health condition of the user based upon the user thermostat setting data.

A home appliance system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit that acquires an installation location of a home appliance; a condition determination unit that determines a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided in the home appliance in accordance with the installation location and an operation time when the home appliance is run; and a home appliance control unit that controls the home appliance in accordance with an operation detail based on the installation location and a determination result obtained from the measurement value.

An apparatus for controlling a wireless charger for a vehicle includes a communication device to receive an input from a user and information on the vehicle, and a controller to employ one of a first driving duty ratio of a cooling fan set based on the information on the vehicle, a second driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on the input from the user, or a third driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set through auto-tuning operation to operate the cooling fan, to enhance charging performance of the wireless charger while minimizing the feeling of the user bothered due to operating noise of a cooling fan.

An HVAC controller may have an operational mode in which the HVAC controller provides operational instructions, and a commissioning mode in which a plurality of wireless devices can be enrolled. While in the commissioning mode, the HVAC controller is configured to accept a first input from a user via the user interface that designates a first zone of the plurality of zones and causes each of two or more first wireless devices that are subsequently placed in an enrollment mode by the user to be enrolled in the first zone, and to subsequently accept a second input from the user via the user interface that designates a second zone of the plurality of zones and causes each of two or more second wireless devices that are subsequently placed in an enrollment mode by the user to be enrolled in the second zone.