TESLA: An Energy-saving Agent that Leverages Schedule Flexibility

• Main Authors: KWAK, Jun Young, VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep, Maheswaran, Rajiv, Becerik-Gerber, Burcin, Tambe, Milind
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Innovative Applications; Energy; Sustainable Multiagent Building Application; Energy-oriented Scheduling; Algorithms; Experimentation; Human Factors; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Business; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1933; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2932/viewcontent/AAMAS13_TESLA_camera_ready_finalv2.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This innovative application paper presents TESLA, an agent-based application for optimizing the energy use in commercial buildings. TESLA’s key insight is that adding flexibility to event/meeting schedules can lead to significant energy savings. TESLA provides three key contributions: (i) three onli...