| CPC F24F 11/30 (2018.01) [F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/66 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 2120/10 (2018.01); F24F 2120/14 (2018.01); F24F 2120/20 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that is configured to provide conditioned air to an indoor environment of a room of a building, wherein
the controlling controls a temperature of air of the indoor environment of the room by controlling a setpoint temperature of the conditioned air;
detecting a sleep onset event for an occupant of the building; and
in response to the sleep onset event,
accessing a sleep profile, wherein
the setpoint temperature is initially set to a base setpoint temperature,
execution of the sleep profile adjusts the setpoint temperature as a function of time over a time period, which comprises a target sleep period, by
decreasing the setpoint temperature, at an onset of the time period, from the base setpoint temperature to a lower setpoint temperature, over a first period of time comprising one or more temperature decreasing portions,
subsequent to the first period of time, sustaining the lower setpoint temperature during a temperature sustaining Portion of the time period, and
subsequent to the temperature sustaining portion of the time period, increasing the setpoint temperature from the lower setpoint temperature to the base setpoint temperature, over a second period of time comprising one or more temperature increasing portions, and
the target sleep period comprises a portion of one of the temperature decreasing portions, the temperature sustaining portion, and a portion of one of the temperature increasing portions, and
executing the sleep profile.
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