Abstract: A system for transportation includes a vehicle having at least one rider located in the vehicle and a data processing system for taking data from a plurality of social data sources. A hybrid neural network is connected to the data processing system. The system for transportation is to optimize satisfaction of the at least one rider based on processing the data from the plurality of social data sources with the hybrid neural network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.

Abstract: A method of releasing an output-suppressed control state in an air conditioning system that includes a control device to control one or more air conditioners, and a management device to be connected to the control device via a network to transmit, to the control device, a command to control output suppression of an air conditioner to cause the air conditioner to be in the output-suppressed control state, includes confirming whether communication between the control device and the management device is disconnected; and if the communication between the control device and the management device is not disconnected, prohibiting transmission of a command to release the output-suppressed control state to the control device without intervention of the management device, and if the communication is disconnected, allowing transmission of the command to release the output-suppressed control state to the control device without intervention of the management device.

Abstract: A system in a vehicle includes a personal thermal device. The personal thermal device provides heating or cooling to an individual occupant of the vehicle. The system also includes a controller implementing reinforcement learning to control the personal thermal device. The controller obtains states, from one or more sensors, indicating current conditions, to obtain a score that is determined according to the states and that represents a reward used in the reinforcement learning. The controller provides a stochastic policy indicating a probability of taking a particular action to control the personal thermal device based on the score acting as a feedback for feedback control of the personal thermal device using the reinforcement learning.

Abstract: An operation decision-making method for centralized cloud energy storage capable of participating in power grid auxiliary services. The method includes: establishing a model predictive control model; obtaining operating parameters of the current period t from a grid control center at a beginning of a current decision-making cycle; predicting operating parameters within the predetermined time range based on historical data; obtaining decision variables according to the model predictive control model, the operating parameters of the current period and the operating parameters within the predetermined time range; setting a charging power of the centralized energy storage facility in the current period t and a discharging power according to the decision variables; obtaining an actual power of the centralized energy storage facility at an end of the current period t through sensors installed on the centralized energy storage facility as a parameter for a next decision period.

Abstract: Display units for executing operational updates in a prioritized fashion are disclosed. A control subsystem is in electronic communication with an electronic display, sensor(s), and a thermal management subsystem. Requests to update established operational parameters for the electronic display and the thermal management subsystem are received at the control subsystem. The established operational parameters include operational parameters specific to sensor readings. The control subsystem determines which of the requests would provide a largest change to the established operational parameters if implemented, and prioritize that, largest, one of the requests for execution.

Abstract: A space recommendation method based on an air conditioning system includes: obtaining a user space usage request that includes demand information of a user for a space; and determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system. Each of the plurality of air conditioning units includes a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces; determining a candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount; and recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space.

Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, field devices connected to the communications bus, a cloud service including a machine learning engine; and a controller for an HVAC device. The controller communicates with the communications bus and the cloud service and is configured to transmit messages through the communications bus to the field devices, compile a list of connected field devices, receive sample data from the connected field devices, and transmit the sample data from the connected field devices to the cloud service. The controller is further configured to receive identifying characteristics for each of the connected field devices from the cloud service and to select a control logic file for the HVAC device based on the identifying characteristics.

Abstract: A system (1) for controlling a lighting system (11) is configured to receive user input representing a request to activate a query mode and transmit a command to the lighting system. The command instructs the lighting system to temporarily disable control of a lighting device (31-35) by a light control device (21-23). The system is further configured to receive control information from the lighting system. The control information describes a user interaction with the light control device and/or describes a function corresponding to the user interaction. The system is also configured to render audio and/or visual information describing the function corresponding to the user interaction to the user, e.g. on a display (9), and transmit a further command to the lighting system. The further command instructs the lighting system to enable control of the lighting device by the light control device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for implementing self-bias detection based on performance and importance. A disclosed computer implemented method aggregates continuous input data through a K-means clustering algorithm to reduce the number of aggregated sub-group data pairs, enabling a reduced calculation time for computing bias and enhanced performance. The self-bias detection identifies a scale factor and a balance factor of aggregated sub-group data pairs, which indicate the importance of the detected bias.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for integrated building operations management. Nodes in the sensor network can be configured to interface with a building control system to exchange sensor-related information.

Abstract: A thermostat system for control of an HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning) system, the thermostat system comprising a power conversion module, the power conversion module further comprising a power input of either a direct-current voltage or an alternating-current voltage, a battery management system including a battery and a battery management circuit, the battery management circuit configured to select either the battery output voltage or the primary output voltage based on an operating condition, a communication module, a temperature monitor, one or more environmental sensors, a graphical user interface display, and a processor.

Abstract: A method for configuring a plurality of operating setpoints for a vapour compression system (1) is disclosed. The plurality of operating setpoints are divided into a first group (12) of operating setpoints to be generated manually and a second group (13) of operating setpoints to be generated automatically, and the operating setpoints are operated in accordance therewith. The manually generated operating setpoints (12) and the automatically generated operating setpoints (13) are provided to a setpoint manager (11), and the setpoint manager (11) checks if the provided operating setpoints (12, 13) are in compliance with a set of rules. In the case that at least some of the provided operating setpoints (12, 13) are not in compliance with the set of rules, the setpoint manager (11) adjusts at least some of the provided operating setpoints (12, 13) in accordance with the set of rules, thereby obtaining an adjusted set of operating setpoints.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an air conditioning device, which is performed by at least one computing device, which includes: determining a control action for the air conditioning device at a first time point by using a reinforcement learning agent; determining a reward for the control action at the first time point based on a reward delay time by using the reinforcement learning agent; and performing reinforcement learning related to the control of the air conditioning device based on the determined reward, in which a time point when the reward delay time elapses from the first time point corresponds to a second time point, and the reward for the control action at the first time point is calculated while excluding situations after the first time point and before the second time point.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing thermal modeling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving monitoring data comprising temperature data measured inside a site, mode data, and state data, receiving weather data descriptive of weather at the site, and aligning the received temperature data, mode data, and state data with the received weather data. The method also includes determining an internal heat gain representing an amount of heat generated at the site irrespective of the heating or cooling system, determining at least one of a thermal product for the site or a thermal potential for the heating or cooling system, generating, based on the internal gain and the thermal product or the thermal potential, a thermal model for the site, and providing, as output, the generated thermal model.

Abstract: A ventilation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of dedicated outdoor air systems, each having one or more temperature sensors and configured to cause outdoor air to flow into an indoor space and indoor air to flow outside thereof; and a controller configured to control the plurality of dedicated outdoor air systems based on temperature data sensed by temperature sensors included in the plurality of dedicated outdoor air systems, wherein the controller: in response to temperature uniformity of the indoor space, in which the plurality of dedicated outdoor air systems are installed, satisfying a predetermined temperature uniformity criterion, controls all the dedicated outdoor air systems to operate in a first operation mode in which the dedicated outdoor air systems operate according to a set temperature; and in response to the temperature uniformity not satisfying the predetermined temperature uniformity criterion, controls the dedicated outdoor air systems to op

Abstract: A facility providing systems and methods for managing and optimizing thermal comfort is provided. The facility is a software algorithm that intelligently detects the thermal comfort preferences of residential smart thermostat users, where a user's “comfort preference” is defined to refer to an estimate of a measurement of the user's comfort across varying values of some set of exogenous factors, including but not limited to indoor temperature, the time of day, the day of the week, and weather conditions. This facility encompasses the use of this “comfort preference” for the creation of an optimal schedule of setpoints for a residential thermostat which is configured to optimize some objective, including potentially user comfort, energy efficiency, load shift, or cost.

Abstract: A compressor and an air conditioning system. The compressor includes two compressing structures and an intermediate gas supplement structure. A communication pipe is provided between a gas exhaustion port of one compressing structure and a gas suction port of another compressing structure in the two compressing structures. The intermediate gas supplement structure is in communication with the communication pipe. At least one compressing structure is provided with a gas supplement structure. In the compressor and the air conditioning system, the gas supplement structure is provided to at least one compressing structure, so that at least two levels of gas supplement to the compressor are provided.

Abstract: A computer and software enabled system is provided for real time and ongoing assessment and adjustment of current air quality and airflow within and exiting an operating room. Using software operating to the task of assessing existing airflow patterns in rooms of medical facilities and to determine from an optimal CFD model and a real time current CFD model one or more adjustments of the characteristics of incoming and outgoing airflow to substantially match current air flows to that of the optimal CFD model.

Abstract: An apparatus includes one or more particle sensors to measure an input particle load for an air purifier and an output particle load for the air purifier. The apparatus also includes one or more processors coupled to the one or more particle sensors, and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for determining a filtration efficiency of the air purifier using the input particle load and the output particle load as measured by the one or more particle sensors, determining whether the filtration efficiency satisfies a threshold efficiency value, and generating a first alert in response to a determination that the filtration efficiency does not satisfy the threshold efficiency value.

Abstract: A system for controlling air flow in an air handling unit having an air mover is provided. The system includes a first and a second sensing device, each receiving a first input indicative of electric power and a second input indicative of properties of air, respectively. The system further includes a processing unit to determine heat generated from a motor of the air mover based on the first input, determine density of air based on the heat generated from the motor based on the second input, and determine an actual air flow rate based on the density of the air, a speed of the motor, and dimensional characteristics of the air handling unit. Further, the speed of the motor is controlled when the actual air flow rate is different from a target air flow rate.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a home having a plurality of utility devices comprises operation sensors, environment sensors, and a central station. The operation sensors measure performance of the utility devices. The environment sensors generate environment data associated with the home. The central station is configured to: determine conditions of the utility devices based on at least the operation data and the environment data, manipulate at least one of the utility devices based on at least the operation data and the environment data, and make personalized recommendations based on at least the operation data, the environment data, and behaviors of at least one occupant of the home.

Abstract: A wireless network system is incorporated in an air conditioning system. A user is accessible to the wireless network system for controlling the air conditioner. The wireless network system includes an AP (access point) equipment, an air conditioning controller and a user-operable terminal. The terminal and the air conditioning controller are connected communicably and wirelessly when a dedicated application is actuated in the terminal. AP information (such as a password) is transmitted from the terminal to the air conditioning controller to establish coordination (i.e., pairing) between the terminal and the air conditioning controller in a state where the terminal and the air conditioning controller are connected mutually and wirelessly. The AP information identifies the AP equipment. In this coordinated state, the access to the AP equipment is executed based on the AP information. Authentication is performed when the terminal and the air conditioning controller are mutually and directly connected.

Abstract: A control method for causing a computer to perform a process includes: obtaining a trained model for each area of a plurality of areas; detecting a first radiation temperature for each of the areas; blowing blowout air to an area where temperature unevenness is predicted among the plurality of areas on a basis of the detected first radiation temperature for each of the areas and the trained model; detecting a second radiation temperature for the area after the blowout air is blown; and executing re-training of the trained model on a basis of a label related to temperature unevenness created on a basis of the second radiation temperature and the second radiation temperature.

Abstract: In a method for monitoring an electrical energy transmission device, time-resolved operating state data, environmental state data, and/or sensor sensor data are recorded. The operating state data relate to current, past and/or future operating states of the electrical energy transmission device; the environmental state data relate to current, past, and/or future states in an environment of the electrical energy transmission device; the sensor data are detected by at least one sensor of the electrical energy transmission device. The operating state data, the environmental data, and/or the sensor data are processed with a computational model to calculate a temperature curve of current, past and/or future temperatures of at least one module of the electrical energy transmission device. Based on the calculated temperature curve, a thermal load capacity of the module is determined based on a thermal load threshold for the module.

Abstract: The present application provides a fault risk analysis system, a fault risk analysis method, an air conditioner and a computer readable storage medium, and the fault risk analysis system comprises: a memory for storing computer programs; a processor for executing the computer programs to implement: obtaining debugging information and/or system operation information, and determining fault inducing factors corresponding to the debugging information and/or the system operation information; and adjusting a fault risk level of the fault category corresponding to the fault inducing factors according to the fault inducing factors. By collecting the debugging information, potential fault inducing factors of the current unit can be accurately reflected; by collecting the system operation information to analyze the fault inducing factors, the fault risk analysis system can obtain more accurate and reliable fault inducing factors.

Abstract: One or more environmental conditions within each of a plurality of server racks are received over time. One or more IT parameters representative of server load are received over time. A model is constructed that models how one or more of the environmental conditions within at least one of the server racks of the plurality of server racks responds to changes in one or more of the IT parameters. A future value of one or more environmental conditions within one or more of the plurality of server racks is predicted based at least in part on the model and the one or more subsequent received IT parameters. At least some of the environmental control equipment of the data center is proactively controlled based at least in part on the predicted future value of one or more of the environmental conditions within the one or more server racks.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for providing control of a monitoring system. In some implementations, a monitoring device is located in a building and is configured to monitor at least a portion of the building based on output from one or more sensors. A monitoring server is located remote from the building and is configured to communicate with the monitoring device. The monitoring server may be configured to translate one or more parameters received from a client device into an interpreted monitoring script and a trigger that causes performance of the interpreted monitoring script. The monitoring device may include an interpreter configured to determine that the trigger has been met and initiate performance of the interpreted monitoring script to evaluate a monitoring rule in accordance with one or more configurable parameters.

Abstract: A cloud server (104) receives environmental information of respective installation sites of a plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b) via a network (1000), and determines one or more appliances that are installed in a same room among the plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b), based on the received environmental information.

Abstract: A state estimation apparatus comprises a power information acquisition part that acquires time-series data of a power value of a freezer showcase; a power information storage part that stores power information during an intermittent operation of the freezer showcase in a normal state; an evaluation part that evaluates power information during the intermittent operation of the freezer showcase from the time-series data of the power value and derives a degree of difference from the power information during the intermittent operation of the freezer showcase in a normal state; a filter cleaning determination part that estimates how clogged a filter of the freezer showcase is based on the degree of difference and determines whether or not the filter needs to be cleaned; and an output part that provides, for a determination result indicating that the cleaning of the filter is necessary, an output to that effect.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product for comfort model extrapolation. For example, the apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including program code. The at least one non-transitory memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, obtain a plurality of known comfort models including: one or more cross-space comfort models each associated with a primary occupant profile and a known spatial element of one or more known spatial elements, one or more cross-profile comfort models each associated with a secondary occupant profile and an unknown spatial element, and one or more cross-context comfort models each associated with a secondary occupant profile and a known spatial element; and generate a unknown comfort model for the primary occupant profile and the unknown spatial element based on the plurality of known comfort models.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control device includes: an air-conditioning data acquisition unit to acquire air-conditioning data; a determination unit to determine whether or not the air-conditioning data is present in a sparse region; an estimation unit to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the air-conditioning data is present in the sparse region, apply extrapolation using a non-learning model for associating the air-conditioning data with a startup time of an air conditioner to a machine learning model, and estimate the startup time of the air conditioner from the air-conditioning data by using the non-learning model; and a control unit to perform control to start up the air conditioner at the startup time estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A method of preventing and handling indoor air pollution is disclosed and includes: providing a portable gas detection device to monitor the air quality in the indoor environment; disposing 1˜75 gas exchangers within the indoor space to inhale outdoor gas, purify and filter the inhaled gas, and introduce the inhaled gas into the indoor space; and remotely controlling the gas exchangers to enable filtration, purification and gas exchange procedure by the portable gas detection device when the portable gas detection device detects an air pollutant in the indoor space, to reduce the air pollutant in the indoor space under a safe detection value within 1 minute, and form a breathable gas, and the air pollutant in the gas in the indoor space is exchanged and exported out to outdoor environment, the gas exchangers have an exported airflow rate of 200˜1600 CADR, and the indoor space has a volume of 16.5˜247.5 m3.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a road being traveled includes one or more processors configured to: compare a latest predetermined section of a trajectory of a vehicle with a first map representing roads to detect a section closest to a current position of the vehicle included in a road that matches the trajectory the best of the roads represented in the first map as a candidate for a road being traveled by the vehicle, compare a sensor signal representing environment around the vehicle with a second map representing individual lanes on roads to detect a lane being traveled by the vehicle, identify the candidate for the road as the road being traveled by the vehicle when the detected lane is included in the candidate, and identify a road including the detected lane as the road being traveled by the vehicle when the detected lane is not included in the candidate.

Abstract: An air cleaning system can rapidly senses occurrence of local pollution, caused by fine dust, through a remote sensor hub and supplies purified air to a polluted area in a concentrated manner, thereby quickly purifying indoor air.

Abstract: A method for processing information regarding a climate-control device is provided. The method includes the steps of generating a virtual asset tag of the climate-control device; processing the virtual asset tag; and extracting information about the climate-control device from the virtual asset tag.

Abstract: An equipment management system comprises a gateway apparatus having an interface configured to receive an operation command for operating an equipment, a first database configured to store first information allowed access from the gateway apparatus, a second database configured to store second information prohibited access from the gateway apparatus, and a controller configured to allow access to the first database from the gateway apparatus and prohibit access to the second database from the gateway apparatus. The second information includes equipment information collected from a control apparatus controlling the equipment.

Abstract: A method for restoring a home screen of an electronic device is disclosed that includes backing up a first home screen being a home screen of a first electronic device including a first display having a first structure, determining a second structure being a structure of a second display being a display of a second electronic device different from the first electronic device, and restoring the first home screen to a second home screen being a home screen of the second electronic device based on the second structure. The restoring to the second home screen includes converting a layout where a plurality of content making up the first home screen are arranged to correspond to the second structure. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.

Abstract: A system that includes a plurality of controllers that are each controller is configured to operate at least a portion of includes a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The system further includes a gateway controller that is configured to determine a mesh network size for a local mesh network, to broadcast the mesh network size to other gateway controllers within a local area network, and to receive mesh network size information from the other gateway controllers. The gateway controller is further configured to compute an average mesh network size for the local area network and to determine that the mesh network size for the local mesh network is less than the average mesh network size for the local area network. The gateway controller is further configured to add one or more controllers to the local mesh network.

Abstract: A system and method for nighttime lighting control and danger monitoring and alarming are provided. The system includes a data acquisition system, an information processing system, and a terminal control system. The data acquisition system is configured to acquire video information in a room and a voice content of a person in the room, and transmit the video information and the voice content to the information processing system; the information processing system is configured to obtain voice command information based on the voice content and age information and safety state information of the person based on the video information, and transmit the voice command information, the age information and the safety state information to the terminal control system; and the terminal control system is configured to control a terminal lighting fixture, and perform capturing of an image of the person and perform voice alarming according to the safety state information.

Abstract: A device for managing the electrical energy consumption of a set of passenger transport vehicles comprises: —means for receiving a set of consumption information representative of the electrical energy consumed at a given time by the vehicles, —means for determining an overall consumption, from the consumption information received, and —means for generating a set of commands intended respectively for a subset of vehicles selected from among the vehicles of the set according to the service status thereof, the commands being generated to modify the operation of at least one air conditioning system of the vehicles so as to reduce the value of the determined overall consumption to a predefined value. The invention is applicable in passenger transport vehicles powered by an electrical network, such as rail transport vehicles, for example trains, subways, trams, trolleybuses, etc.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring building efficiency by a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In an aspect, an HVAC unit including a memory and a processor coupled with the memory is disclosed. The processor may be configured to establish a current building efficiency state value of a current run cycle of the HVAC system. The processor may also be configured to determine an building efficiency state deviation value based on a difference between an average building efficiency state value of a set of previous building efficiency state values and the current building efficiency state value. The processor may further be configured to determine whether the building efficiency state deviation value satisfies a building inefficiency threshold.

Abstract: A machine learning apparatus for optimizing transfer of heat quantity is provided.

Abstract: A relay device that performs reset processing in relation to wired communication with a first device in response to a change in a communication rate of the wired communication with the first device; and in response to performing the reset processing, start control to transmit a predetermined message to a second device even though there is no transmission from the first device, the predetermined message being expected to be transmitted from the first device to the second device.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to dynamically configuring a User Interface (UI) dashboard corresponding to an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The UI dashboard is dynamically configured so as to render data that is appropriate to its specific use or application in the UI dashboard. A processor dynamically configuring the UI dashboard receives a device-data definition of data that the IoT device can provide. The processor captures a specific one of a plurality of selectable use cases of the IoT device. The processor configures the UI dashboard based, at least in part, on the specific one of the plurality of selectable use cases captured. The processor receives a data stream provided by the IoT device via the internet, the data stream conforming to the device-data definition. The processor renders the data stream received in the UI dashboard configured. The processor then sends the UI dashboard with the data stream rendered therein to a display device for display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for controlling heat flow between systems of an electric automotive vehicle. An automotive electric vehicle system includes a high voltage battery system including an enclosure, an electric powertrain system, a radiator, coolant lines that permit coolant flow between the high voltage battery system, the power train system and the radiator, one or more valves for routing coolant along the coolant lines, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the one or more valves to control the flow of coolant among a plurality of different, selectable coolant flow states involving the high voltage battery system, the powertrain system and the radiator.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI)-based air conditioner can include a communication unit and a processor. The communication can receive an image including member data from an image acquisition device, where the member data are associated with one or more different members of a member group and are used to distinguish the members from each other. The processor can recognize the member data from the received image, acquire operation data including operation conditions of the air conditioner, which are desired by the members, based on the recognized member data, store member information including the member data and the operation data in a database, analyze the operation conditions of the air conditioner, which are desired by the members, with respect to each member based on the member information corresponding to the member group stored in the database, and autonomously driving the air conditioner for the different members based on the analyzed operation conditions.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of thermostats corresponding to a plurality of HVAC systems that serve a plurality of spaces and a computing system communicable with the plurality of thermostats via a network. The computing system is configured to, for each space of the plurality of spaces, obtain a set of training data relating to thermal behavior of the space, identify a model of thermal behavior of the space based on the set of training data, perform a model predictive control process using the model of thermal behavior of the space to obtain a temperature setpoint for the space, and provide the temperature setpoint to the thermostat corresponding to the HVAC system serving the space. The plurality of thermostats are configured to control the plurality of HVAC systems in accordance with the temperature setpoints.

Abstract: A building management system (BMS) provides feedback to a user via a user interface to assist the user in configuring the BMS. It can be challenging for new or less experienced users to understand all of the actions they are performing when configuring a BMS. The feedback presented via the user interface includes graphical and textual feedback to alert the user of actions performed when applying tags. The feedback identifies one or more missing requirements associated with the tags. The feedback presented via the user interface also includes textual summaries of control sequences configured using the BMS. The textual summaries include descriptions of control sequences and instructions for properly configuring the building equipment.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a control system for controlling an HVAC device where the control system includes a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature associated with the HVAC device, an orientation sensor that provides a signal indicative of an operating orientation of the HVAC device, and control circuitry that receives the temperature signal and the orientation signal from the orientation sensor. The control circuitry selects an operating thermal control set point from a plurality of stored thermal control set points based at least in part on an orientation signal, determines a temperature sensor input based on the temperature signal and compares the temperature sensor input to the operating thermal control set point, and operates the HVAC device based at least in part on that comparison.