Air conditioning control device and air conditioning control method

1. An air conditioning control device comprising:

a memory and;

a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:

acquire, for each of sensor data items, a plurality of pieces of sensor data which are detected in a time period;

calculate an average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

calculate, based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data, a setting temperature for air conditioning control at which electric power cost corresponding to electric power consumed by the air conditioning control is lowest,

store, in a table, lowest electric power cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a power cost priority item in association with a detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data,

create a plurality of setting temperature patterns based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data for one of the sensor data items and a past setting temperature which is set in past;

calculate, for each of the plurality of setting temperature patterns, a failure rate of a device which is installed in a target place for the air conditioning control,

acquire a setting temperature of a setting temperature pattern at which a failure cost corresponding to the failure rate is lowest from among the plurality of setting temperature patterns,

store, in the table, the lowest failure cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a failure cost priority item in association with the detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data,

calculate a first total cost by adding the lowest electric power cost to a failure cost corresponding to a failure rate when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest electric power cost,

calculate a second total cost by adding the lowest failure cost to an electric power cost corresponding to electric power when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest failure cost,

compare the first total cost and the second total cost, and

determine a new setting temperature for air conditioning control which corresponds to smaller one between the first total cost and the second total cost.

2. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1 , wherein the failure rate changes in accordance with the setting temperature.

3. The air conditioning control device according to claim 2 , wherein the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest failure cost is calculated based on the setting temperature pattern, among the plurality of setting temperature patterns, in which an average of the failure rates which correspond to the setting temperature pattern is smallest.

4. The air conditioning control device according to claim 2 , wherein the failure rate of the device is calculated by substituting a setting temperature for air conditioning control in the Arrhenius's equation.

5. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the electric power cost and the failure cost is calculated under a condition that a temperature of the target place, which is realized by air conditioning control based on the setting temperature, is set such that an average of the temperatures of the target place in a period is an operation temperature that has been determined in advance and a difference between the temperature of the target place and an outside air temperature throughout the period is no more than a threshold value.

6. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pieces of sensor data are detected by a sensor that detects information related to a setting environment of the device.

7. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1 , the processor further configured to transmit the new setting temperature to a management device of an air conditioner installed in the target place.

8. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device controls the air conditioner to work in accordance with the new setting temperature.

9. An air conditioning control method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring, for each of sensor data items, a plurality of pieces of sensor data which are detected in a time period;

calculating, by a computer, an average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

calculating, based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data, a setting temperature for air conditioning control at which electric power cost corresponding to electric power that is consumed by the air conditioning control is lowest;

storing, in a table, lowest electric power cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a power cost priority item in association with a detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

creating a plurality of setting temperature patterns based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data for one of the sensor data items and a past setting temperature which is set in past;

calculating, for each of the plurality of setting temperature patterns, a failure rate of a device which is installed in a target place for the air conditioning control;

acquiring a setting temperature of a setting temperature pattern at which a failure cost corresponding to the failure rate is lowest from among the plurality of setting temperature patterns;

storing, in the table, the lowest failure cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a failure cost priority item in association with the detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

calculating a first total cost by adding the lowest electric power cost to a failure cost corresponding to a failure rate when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest electric power cost;

calculating a second total cost by adding the lowest failure cost to an electric power cost corresponding to electric power when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest failure cost;

comparing the first total cost and the second total cost; and

determining a new setting temperature for air conditioning control which corresponds to smaller one between the first total cost and the second total cost.

10. The air conditioning control method according to claim 9 , wherein the failure rate changes in accordance with the setting temperature.

11. The air conditioning control method according to claim 10 , wherein the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest failure cost is calculated based on the setting temperature pattern, among the plurality of setting temperature patterns, in which an average of the failure rates which correspond to the setting temperature pattern is smallest.

12. The air conditioning control method according to claim 10 , wherein the failure rate of the device is calculated by substituting a setting temperature for air conditioning control in the Arrhenius's equation.

13. The air conditioning control method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the electric power cost and the failure cost is calculated under a condition that a temperature of the target place, which is realized by air conditioning control based on the setting temperature, is set such that an average of the temperatures of the target place in a period is an operation temperature that has been determined in advance and a difference between the temperature of the target place and an outside air temperature throughout the period is no more than a threshold value.

14. The air conditioning control method according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of pieces of sensor data are detected by a sensor that detects information related to a setting environment of the device.

15. The air conditioning control method according to claim 9 , further comprising transmitting the new setting temperature to a management device of an air conditioner installed in the target place.

16. The air conditioning control method according to claim 15 , wherein the management device controls the air conditioner to work in accordance with the new setting temperature.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring, for each of sensor data items, a plurality of pieces of sensor data which are detected in a time period;

calculating an average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

calculating, based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data, a setting temperature for air conditioning control at which electric power cost corresponding to electric power that is consumed by the air conditioning control is lowest;

storing, in a table, lowest electric power cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a power cost priority item in association with a detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

creating a plurality of setting temperature patterns based on the average of the plurality of pieces of sensor data for one of the sensor data items and a past setting temperature which is set in past;

calculating, for each of the plurality of setting temperature patterns, a failure rate of a device which is installed in a target place for the air conditioning control;

acquiring a setting temperature of a setting temperature pattern at which a failure cost corresponding to the failure rate is lowest from among the plurality of setting temperature patterns;

storing, in the table, the lowest failure cost and the corresponding setting temperature as a failure cost priority item in association with the detection time of the plurality of pieces of sensor data;

calculating a first total cost by adding the lowest electric power cost to a failure cost corresponding to a failure rate when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest electric power cost;

calculating a second total cost by adding the lowest failure cost to an electric power cost corresponding to electric power when air conditioning control is performed based on the setting temperature corresponding to the lowest failure cost;

comparing the first total cost and the second total cost; and

determining a new setting temperature for air conditioning control which corresponds to smaller one between the first total cost and the second total cost.