Green Options » light sensors http://greenoptions.com/tag/light-sensors Posts tagged 'light sensors' Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Building Elements: Building Controls http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/24/green-building-elements-building-controls/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/24/green-building-elements-building-controls/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:06:20 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/24/green-building-elements-building-controls/ wikimediaFor all our technological advances, our buildings remain incredibly dumb constructions. Automobiles have multiple onboard computers that help maximize their performance and improve efficiency and coordinate the various systems. But the average house has very little, if any, control to aid in its operation despite the wide range of conditions (from below freezing winter nights to scorching summer days) they are forced to deal with. Even large, complex buildings operate with fairly minimal control systems. Yet we expect them to provide a standard comfortable environment for us year round.

We need some smarter building controls.

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