Leveraging existing occupancy-related data for optimal control of commercial office buildings: A review

W Shen, G Newsham, B Gunay - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2017 - Elsevier
A primary strategy for the energy-efficient operation of commercial office buildings is to
deliver building services, including lighting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning …

Inverse blackbox modeling of the heating and cooling load in office buildings

B Gunay, W Shen, G Newsham - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a systematic method to select an inverse blackbox model that can
characterize the building-level heating and cooling load patterns parsimoniously. To this …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and cost savings with continuous low temperature heating versus intermittent heating of an office building with district heating

T Benakopoulos, W Vergo, M Tunzi, R Salenbien… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Future low-temperature district heating systems (LTDH) require supply and return
temperatures as low as 55° C and 25° C, respectively. In this direction, the use of night …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Internet of Things in academic buildings for space use efficiency using occupancy and booking data

S Azizi, G Nair, R Rabiee, T Olofsson - Building and environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental sustainability in academic buildings can be improved with management
interventions such as improving space use efficiency supported by large data from the …

Effects of positioning of multi-sensor devices on occupancy and indoor environmental monitoring in single-occupant offices

S Azizi, R Rabiee, G Nair, T Olofsson - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advancements in sensor and communication technologies drive the rapid
developments in the applications of occupancy and indoor environmental monitoring in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of space utilization and work time flexibility on energy performance of office buildings

A Norouziasas, S Attia, M Hamdy - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of different space utilization on energy use intensity,
heating load, cooling load, and thermal comfort of occupants using a combination of …

Demand-controlled energy systems in commercial and institutional buildings: A review of methods and potentials

S Azizi, G Nair, T Olofsson - … Summer Study, Belambra Presqu'île de …, 2019 - diva-portal.org
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) are by far the most energy intensive
systems in commercial and institutional buildings with office spaces. This makes HVAC …

ICT intelligent support solutions toward the reduction of heating demand in cold and mild European climate conditions

F Reda, D Pasini, A Laitinen, T Vesanen - Energy Efficiency, 2019 - Springer
Adopting intelligent solutions in residential buildings for reducing the HVAC energy demand,
especially during the operational stages, is becoming more popular. Information and …

Development of a clustering-based morning start time estimation algorithm for space heating and cooling

B Gunay, Z Shi, A Ashouri, G Newsham - Proceedings of the 6th ACM …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The morning start time of heating and cooling equipment plays an important role in the
energy and comfort performance of buildings. Existing algorithms to guide this decision …

Interpreting occupant-building interactions for improved office building design and operation

S Gilani, JS Carrizo - ASHRAE Transactions, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Knowledge of occupants' interactions with building components and systems and
how indoor environments are influenced in response to occupant behaviors is highly …