Smart vent system for localized air quality control

A method of an environmental control system for a building, the method comprising:

• receiving an operating profile from a profile database and an air quality signal;
• determining and generating, based on the operating profile, one or more constraints for a vent;
• generating an objective function including at least one of a comfort of an occupant in a zone and a cost associated with operating the vent;
• performing an optimization of the objective function with the one or more constraints to generate, via a control algorithm, one or more control commands to cause air quality of the zone to be improved in response to the air quality signal;
• and
• operating, based on the one or more control commands, one or more actuators of the vent, wherein the one or more actuators are communicably coupled with one or more louvers that are configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to control an amount of air from an air duct entering the zone in response to the one or more control commands.

A smart vent system for a building, the system comprising:

• a plurality of vents, wherein a vent of the plurality of vents is configured to be connected to an air duct of the building, the vent comprising:
• one or more actuators communicably coupled with one or more louvers that are configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone;
• and
• a circuit configured to control the one or more actuators based on one or more control commands wherein the circuit is configured to:
• receive an operating profile from a profile database and an air quality signal;
• determine and generate, based on the operating profile, one or more constraints for the vent;
• generate an objective function indicating at least one of a comfort of an occupant in the zone and a cost associated with operating the vent;
• and
• perform an optimization of the objective function with the one or more constraints to generate, via a control algorithm, the one or more control commands to control the one or more actuators to change positions of the one or more louvers in response to the air quality signal.