Advanced controls on energy reliability, flexibility, resilience, and occupant-centric control for smart and energy-efficient buildings—a state-of-the-art review

Z Liu, X Zhang, Y Sun, Y Zhou - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced controls have attracted increasing interests due to the high requirement on smart
and energy-efficient (SEE) buildings and decarbonization in the building industry with …

A review on enhancing energy efficiency and adaptability through system integration for smart buildings

I Ahmed, M Asif, HH Alhelou, M Khalid - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing need for reducing carbon emissions and promoting smart, energy-saving
buildings is fueling the rising trend of sophisticated control systems. This study provides …

Automatic real-time fire distance, size and power measurement driven by stereo camera and deep learning

Z Wang, Y Ding, T Zhang, X Huang - Fire Safety Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Automatic real-time fire characterization is a crucial requirement of future smart firefighting.
This work proposes a novel computer vision method to automatically measure the fire heat …

Machine learning driven smart fire safety design of false ceiling and emergency response

AA Khan, T Zhang, X Huang, A Usmani - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In modern buildings, false ceilings are widely used for building services systems and
aesthetic purposes, but they also pose challenges in terms of fire safety. A fire accident …

Machine learning-driven real-time identification of large-space building fires and forecast of temperature development

W Ji, GQ Li, S Zhu, J Li, H Qi, Y Wang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
In firefighting, real-time knowledge of fire dynamics is crucial yet often unavailable. The
building geometry and measured gas temperatures are integrated to ascertain fire states …

Elevated temperature properties of foam concrete: Experimental study, numerical simulation, and theoretical analysis

H Zhou, X Zhao, X Wang, T Song, H Liu… - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Foam concrete, as an inorganic cellular material possessing exceptional thermal insulation
and fire resistance properties, emerges as a promising candidate for thermal insulation. To …

A secure, reliable and low-cost distributed storage scheme based on blockchain and IPFS for firefighting IoT data

L Li, D Jin, T Zhang, N Li - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the fire scene investigation, the firefighting Internet of Things (IoT) data is the key
electronic evidence for event analysis and responsibility determination. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Fire modelling framework for investigating tall building fire: A case study of the Plasco Building

AA Khan, MA Khan, RVV Domada, X Huang… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fire can damage structures severely and even cause the building collapse. Structural and
fire engineers must carry out a comprehensive forensic investigation of major structural …

To ensure the safety of storage: Enhancing accuracy of fire detection in warehouses with deep learning models

Q Zhang, Y Tian, J Chen, X Zhang, Z Qi - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Warehouses are important places with storage functions in process units, containing many
flammable and explosive materials. Nevertheless, fire protection systems often fail to provide …

Smart building fire safety design driven by artificial intelligence

Y Zeng, X Huang - Interpretable Machine Learning for the Analysis Design …, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent rise of numerical fire modeling has revealed the performance of building fire
safety and code. However, high-fidelity fire simulation is costly and difficult to analyze. This …