US Patent Issued to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY on Sept. 9 for "Control system for medium-sized commercial buildings" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,937, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Control system for medium-sized commercial buildings" was invented by Bing Dong (Manlius, N.Y.) and Jianshun Zhang (Jamesville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An HVAC control system having a cloud-based optimization engine in communication with a local building hub that interfaces with the building HVAC system and room units. The cloud-based optimization engine implements an optimal and predictive control strategy to integrate occupancy prediction, weather forecasting, and modeling of indoor infection risk, indoor air quality, and building energy con...