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user satisfaction. This research is realized through both theoretical developments <strong>and</strong><br />

implementations. The theoretical research aims at developing techniques <strong>for</strong> harnessing<br />

WSAN technologies to lighting hardware <strong>and</strong> control strategies. Leveraging<br />

redundancy, a sensor validation <strong>and</strong> fusion algorithm is developed <strong>for</strong> extracting<br />

pertinent lighting in<strong>for</strong>mation from the disturbance-prone desktop-mounted<br />

photosensors. An adaptive sensing strategy optimizes the timing of data acquisition <strong>and</strong><br />

power-hungry wireless transmission of sensory feedback in real-time lighting control.<br />

Exploiting the individual addressability of wireless-enabled luminaires, a lighting<br />

optimization algorithm is developed to create the optimal lighting that minimizes<br />

energy usage while satisfying occupants’ diverse lighting preferences.<br />

The wireless-networked lighting system was implemented <strong>and</strong> tested in a<br />

number of real-life settings. A human subject study conducted in a private office<br />

concluded that the research system was competitive with the commercial lighting<br />

system with much fewer retrofitting requirements. The system implemented in a sharedspace<br />

office realized a self-configuring mesh network with wireless photosensors <strong>and</strong><br />

light actuators, <strong>and</strong> demonstrated a 50% energy savings <strong>and</strong> increased per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

when harvesting daylight through windows is possible. The cost analysis revealed a<br />

reasonable payback period after the system is optimized <strong>for</strong> commercialization <strong>and</strong><br />

confirms the marketing feasibility.<br />

______________________________<br />

Professor Alice M. Agogino<br />

Dissertation Committee Chair<br />

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