A building management system, such as a small or medium business, having one or more control devices. Assigning codes to devices, and reading and listing them may aid in configuring the devices. Templates may be used for dynamic configuration of devices and equipment. Representing terminal assignments and wiring diagrams of control devices may be intuitive in that they resemble real hardware for ease of complete installation. The present system and approach may provide an intuitive way of securely registering devices with cloud usage, for example, involving a mobile phone with no manual entry of data so that a user can complete this process with ease. An intuitive, automatic and asynchronous device configuration downloading may be seen, such as to multiple control devices in a single shot. There may be seamless configuration data synchronization, for example, in view of replacement devices, or so the latest data is readily available.

Methods, devices, and systems for space conditioning based on weather information are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive forecasted weather information, determine, based on the forecasted weather information, future weather conditions, determine based on the future weather conditions and historical setpoint data, whether conditioning of a space is expected, and generate an alert in response to conditioning of the space being expected.

An environmental data monitoring and feedback controlling system and a method thereof are disclosed, a first wireless transceiver module is electrically connected to environmental sensors to form a sensor module, a server is electrically connected to a second wireless transceiver module to form a network gateway, and the server polls the sensor module to receive and store the environmental data through the network gateway, and permits a display panel device to load and display the stored environmental data in a chart. When the environmental data exceeds a preset threshold, a warning device is driven to write the received environmental data into a register of a programmable logic controller of an air conditioning device, so that the control logic automatically controls the air conditioning device to activate or stop based on the environmental data stored in the register, thereby improving the correction immediacy for environmental abnormality.

An environmental data monitoring and feedback controlling system and a method thereof are disclosed, a first wireless transceiver module is electrically connected to environmental sensors to form a sensor module, a server is electrically connected to a second wireless transceiver module to form a network gateway, and the server polls the sensor module to receive and store the environmental data through the network gateway, and permits a display panel device to load and display the stored environmental data in a chart. When the environmental data exceeds a preset threshold, a warning device is driven to write the received environmental data into a register of a programmable logic controller of an air conditioning device, so that the control logic automatically controls the air conditioning device to activate or stop based on the environmental data stored in the register, thereby improving the correction immediacy for environmental abnormality.

A method of controlling air quality in an indoor environment of a building is described. The method utilizes a system that comprises a carbon dioxide sensor configured to detect an instantaneous value of carbon dioxide concentration in the air of the indoor environment of the building, a control unit in signal communication with the carbon dioxide sensor, a communication unit for establishing signal communication between the carbon dioxide sensor and the control unit, and a storage unit in signal communication with the control unit. The method comprises the steps of: a) defining and storing in the storage unit, by the control unit, control values of carbon dioxide concentration; b) detecting, by the carbon dioxide sensor, an instantaneous value of carbon dioxide concentration and sending, by the communication unit, the instantaneous carbon dioxide concentration value to the control unit, c) processing, by the control unit, the control values and the instantaneous values of carbon dioxide concentration to generate an output signal representative of the processing performed by the control unit; and d) sending, by the control unit the output signal to a visual and/or acoustic warning unit.

An air purifier includes a cylindrical filter configured to filter pollutants included in air that enters the air purifier, and a plurality of speakers coupled to a circumference of an outer surface of the cylindrical filter. A communication interface is configured to obtain information from an external device, and a processor is configured to control the plurality of speakers to output an audio signal corresponding to the information.

A method for controlling air quality in an indoor environment of a building comprises the steps of: storing control values of carbon dioxide and/or volatile organic compound concentration; detecting an instantaneous value of carbon dioxide concentration and sending it to a control unit (5); detecting an instantaneous value of volatile organic compound concentration and sending it to the control unit (5); processing the control values and the instantaneous values of carbon dioxide and volatile organic compound concentration to generate an output signal representative of the detected air quality; sending the output signal to a visual and/or acoustic warning unit (7).

A method for controlling air quality in an indoor environment of a building comprises the steps of: storing control values of carbon dioxide and/or volatile organic compound concentration; detecting an instantaneous value of carbon dioxide concentration and sending it to a control unit (5); detecting an instantaneous value of volatile organic compound concentration and sending it to the control unit (5); processing the control values and the instantaneous values of carbon dioxide and volatile organic compound concentration to generate an output signal representative of the detected air quality; sending the output signal to a visual and/or acoustic warning unit (7).

A server includes: a communicator that receives operation information indicating that a first apparatus starts a first operation of controlling an air temperature, the first apparatus being an air conditioner; an obtainer that obtains humidity information including a first humidity and a second humidity after the operation information has been received, the first humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the first apparatus, the second humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the second apparatus; and a processor that makes a determination on whether the first humidity and the second humidity obtained by the obtainer meet a condition indicating that a space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature is a same as a space in which the second apparatus is located, and outputs information indicating a result of the determination.

A server includes: a communicator that receives operation information indicating that a first apparatus starts a first operation of controlling an air temperature, the first apparatus being an air conditioner; an obtainer that obtains humidity information including a first humidity and a second humidity after the operation information has been received, the first humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the first apparatus, the second humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the second apparatus; and a processor that makes a determination on whether the first humidity and the second humidity obtained by the obtainer meet a condition indicating that a space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature is a same as a space in which the second apparatus is located, and outputs information indicating a result of the determination.