Efficiently routing excess air flow

Abstract

Architectures and techniques are presented that can more efficiently route excess air flow by intelligently selecting the zones to which the excess air flow is to be routed. Excess air flow results from an HVAC device providing (e.g., at a minimum setting) a volume of air that is greater than what is demanded by a zone that triggers activation of the HVAC device. As one example, excess air flow can be routed to a zone or zones that are determined to be most likely to trigger a subsequent activation condition that would cause the HVAC device to be activated again at a future time.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 determining that a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) device, configured to provide a defined volume of air, is indicated to activate in response to an activation condition being satisfied with respect to a first zone of a group of zones; 
 determining an excess volume of air representative of the defined volume of air provided by the HVAC device less a first zone volume that is delivered to the first zone; and 
 performing an excess routing procedure that identifies a second zone of the group of zones to which to route at least a portion of the excess volume, the excess routing procedure comprising:
 determining that the second zone, from among the group of zones, is most likely to trigger a subsequent activation condition for the HVAC device.