Multi-agent system design for room energy saving

This paper presents a multi-agent system design for building room energy saving. The architecture of this multi-agent system includes the wireless network, Ethernet network and different agents. We give the detail design of every agent and communication format between them. Basing on the cooperation between agents in different rooms, we put forward an energy saving algorithm according to which agents can decide whether electrical devices should be turned off or keep their present state depending upon the occupant's destination when he leave his room. Furthermore we give an example to illustrate how to realize energy conservation and how to avoid electrical devices being switched on and off frequently. In last part of our paper, we present our future research of improving environmental comfort and also energy conservation by cultivating agents' learning ability.