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AssigneeSoladigm, Inc.
InventorsStephen C. Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, David Walter Groechel, Anshu Pradhan, Gordon Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robert T. Rozbicki
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“Smart” controllers for windows having controllable optical transitions are described. Controllers with multiple features can sense and adapt to local environmental conditions. Controllers described herein can be integrated with a building management system (BMS) to greatly enhance the BMS's effectiveness at managing local environments in a building. The controllers may have one, two, three or more functions such as powering a smart window, determining the percent transmittance, size, and/or temperature of a smart window, providing wireless communication between the controller and a separate communication node, etc.
A window controller for controlling one or more windows capable of undergoing reversible optical transitions, the window controller configured or designed to provide at least two functions selected from the group consisting of:
A method of managing a building's systems, comprising using data collected by a window controller, from one or more windows capable of undergoing reversible optical transitions in the building, as input for adjusting at least one other system of the building, said other system selected from the group consisting of HVAC, lighting, security, power, fire suppression and elevator control.
A window controller for controlling one or more windows capable of undergoing reversible optical transitions, the window controller configured or designed to provide the following functions:
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