A building system for a building including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to operate one or more pieces of building equipment associated with a building space based on a first operating mode. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive an indication to update operation of the building space based on an emergency situation and responsive to receiving the indication to update operation of the building space based on the emergency situation, operate the one or more pieces of building equipment based on a second operating mode, wherein the second operating mode defines one or more second parameters for the one or more pieces of building equipment and is adapted to reconfigure the operation of the building space to address or mitigate the emergency situation.

An air conditioner system according to an aspect of the present disclosure is operated in an operation mode corresponding to whether a user enters building or whether the user is in a predetermined space, and thus, can be operated in an optimal operation mode by combining whether the user enters the building and whether the user is in the predetermined space.

An air conditioner system according to an aspect of the present disclosure is operated in an operation mode corresponding to whether a user enters building or whether the user is in a predetermined space, and thus, can be operated in an optimal operation mode by combining whether the user enters the building and whether the user is in the predetermined space.

A whole building air quality control system includes an indoor air quality (IAQ) component having at least one control state, a plurality of sensors configured to measure a plurality of building conditions of a building space, and a controller communicably coupled to the IAQ component and the plurality of sensors. The controller includes memory storing a desired air quality index (AQI). The AQI includes a categorical variable. The controller is configured to iteratively modify a control state of the IAQ component using a machine learning algorithm until the plurality of building conditions of the building space satisfy the desired AQI.

A system for providing air conditioning to a living space and heating potable water. The system comprising a heat pump circuit comprising a compressor for circulating a refrigerant around the heat pump circuit, a first condenser, a second condenser and an evaporator. The evaporator being adapted to receive a first flow of air from an air inlet to transfer heat from the first flow of air to the refrigerant. The first condenser being adapted to receive a flow of water to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the water. The second condenser being adapted to receive a second flow of air to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the second flow of air. The first flow being provided from the evaporator to a living space by an air outlet.

A system for providing air conditioning to a living space and heating potable water. The system comprising a heat pump circuit comprising a compressor for circulating a refrigerant around the heat pump circuit, a first condenser, a second condenser and an evaporator. The evaporator being adapted to receive a first flow of air from an air inlet to transfer heat from the first flow of air to the refrigerant. The first condenser being adapted to receive a flow of water to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the water. The second condenser being adapted to receive a second flow of air to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the second flow of air. The first flow being provided from the evaporator to a living space by an air outlet.

Air-cleaning control is performed in accordance with a situation of motion of a person and brightness in a room. An air-cleaning device (100) includes: a first determination unit (11) that determines, from a detection signal from a person detection sensor (31), whether a state of an air-cleaning target room is at least any of a state where a person is absent in the air-cleaning target room, a state where a person is present and a motion amount is small, and a state where a person is present and the motion amount is large; a second determination unit (12) that determines, from a detection signal from as illuminance sensor (32), whether the state of the air-cleaning target room is at least any of a state where it is bright inside the air-cleaning target room and a state where it is dark inside the air-cleaning target room; and an operation control unit (13) that controls an operation of an air-cleaning function by using determination results of the first determination unit (11) and the second determination unit (12).

An HVAC system includes a variable-speed compressor which compresses refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system, a blower which provides a flow of air through the HVAC system at a controllable flow rate, and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the blower. The controller receives a demand request which includes a command to reduce power consumption by the HVAC system. In response to receiving the demand request, a speed of the variable-speed compressor is decreased and the controllable flow rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is adjusted. Accordingly, a ratio of the first flow rate to the decreased tonnage of cooling is increased to a predefined value, and a power consumption of the HVAC system is decreased by at least a predefined percentage associated with the demand request.

An HVAC system includes a variable-speed compressor which compresses refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system, a blower which provides a flow of air through the HVAC system at a controllable flow rate, and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the blower. The controller receives a demand request which includes a command to reduce power consumption by the HVAC system. In response to receiving the demand request, a speed of the variable-speed compressor is decreased and the controllable flow rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is adjusted. Accordingly, a ratio of the first flow rate to the decreased tonnage of cooling is increased to a predefined value, and a power consumption of the HVAC system is decreased by at least a predefined percentage associated with the demand request.

A thermostat includes: a controller adapted to control the function of an associated HVAC system; and user controls adapted to provide instructions to the controller including selecting between heating functions and cooling functions, wherein the controller is limited by a maximum temperature when heating functions are selected and limited by a minimum temperature when the cooling functions are selected, wherein the maximum temperature is a lower temperature than the minimum temperature.