Distributed building automation controllers

A method for using distributed defined space controllers to compute defined space operating behavior, the distributed defined space controllers each having at let one processor coupled with memory-stored instructions, one of the distributed defined space controllers designated as a master controller, a sensor, and a device operationally coupled to one of the defined space controllers, the method comprising:

• the sensor sensing a sensor state value;
• the senor passing the senor state value to the master controller;
• the master controller determining a device to modify based on the sensor state value,
• the master controller determining a device controller that controls the device;
• the master controller passing a value dependent on the sensor state value to the device controller;
• and
• the device controller using the value dependent on the sensor state value to control the device.

A computer-readable storage medium configured with executable instructions to perform a method for using distributed building automation controllers to compute building operating behavior, the distributed building automation controllers having at least one processor coupled with memory-stored instructions, the method comprising:

• determining, by a distributed defined space automation controller, a device characteristic of a device within a defined space, the device controllable by the distributed defined space automation controller;
• determining, by the distributed defined space automation contoller, sensor data from a senor within the defined space;
• determining a desired defined space operating characteristic;
• running a program, using the distributed defined space automation controller, the program determining desired device behavior based on the desired defined space operating characteristic, thermodynamic characteristics of the defined space, the sensor data, and the device characteristic;
• and
• the distributed defined space automation controller controlling the device to match the determined desired device behavior.