The enhancement of energy performance of buildings has become a pillar of energy
policies. The main target is the cut of energy consumption to reduce buildings footprint. This …

Recommender systems have significantly developed in recent years in parallel with the
witnessed advancements in both internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) …

Enhancing the energy efficiency of structures has been a staple of energy policies. The key
goal is to slash electricity usage in order to minimize the footprint of houses. This goal is …

In this paper, we present a method for recognizing human activities using information
sensed by an RGB-D camera, namely the Microsoft Kinect. Our approach is based on the …

With the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smartphones, sensors,
cameras, and RFIDs, it is possible to collect massive amount of data for localization and …

Personal mobile devices such as smartwatches, smart jewelry, and smart clothes have
launched a new trend in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, namely the Internet of Wearable …

Although energy efficiency is quite a cliché term, it is a topic that attracts an increasing
attention the last decade, especially in the context of cities and as a means to address …

The use of machine learning (ML) in smart building applications is reviewed in this article.
We split existing solutions into two main classes: occupant-centric versus energy/devices …

Smart homes reduce human intervention in controlling the heating ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems for maintaining a comfortable indoor environment. The …

This paper presents the evaluation of the level of usability of an intelligent monitoring and
control interface for energy efficient management of public buildings, called BuildVis, which …