Review of the application of energy harvesting in buildings

JW Matiko, NJ Grabham, SP Beeby… - Measurement Science …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This review presents the state of the art of the application of energy harvesting in commercial
and residential buildings. Electromagnetic (optical and radio frequency), kinetic, thermal and …

Energizing wireless sensor networks by energy harvesting systems: Scopes, challenges and approaches

ASMZ Kausar, AW Reza, MU Saleh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
As the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) technology has great advancement, small and
smart WSN systems now can be used for more complicated and challenging applications …

Energy harvesting strategies for wireless sensor networks and mobile devices: A review

M Grossi - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wireless sensor network nodes and mobile devices are normally powered by batteries that,
when depleted, must be recharged or replaced. This poses important problems, in particular …

Robotic data collection and simulation for evaluation of building retrofit performance

BRK Mantha, CC Menassa, VR Kamat - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Building engineers need access to real-time data to make retrofit decisions or improve the
energy performance of the building occupants. Such data is typically gathered with the help …

Power electronics enabling efficient energy usage: Energy savings potential and technological challenges

J Popović-Gerber, JA Oliver, N Cordero… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power electronics is a key technology for the efficient conversion, control, and conditioning
of electric energy from the source to the load. In this paper, the potential of power electronics …

BIM-based automated determination of exit sign direction for intelligent building sign systems

M Fu, R Liu - Automation in construction, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes an approach named automated determination of exit sign direction
(ADESD) to automatically determine the directions of building exit signs. ADESD generates …

A wireless sensor network for intelligent building energy management based on multi communication standards-A case study

H Grindvoll, O Vermesan, T Crosbie… - Journal of …, 2012 - research.tees.ac.uk
This paper presents a case study of a wireless sensor network (WSN) to support energy
management utilizing Web services and middleware technologies. The approach presented …

A taxonomy of data types and data collection methods for building energy monitoring and performance simulation

BRK Mantha, CC Menassa… - Advances in Building …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Buildings contribute a major component of the world's total energy consumption. During the
design phase, building energy simulation models can be used to predict building …

Environment monitoring system through Internet of Things (IOT)

VR Shinde, PP Tasgaonkar… - … conference on information …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapid Growth in the industrialization, urbanization and population is creating environmental
problems. To reduce these environmental problems and provide better environment it …

Auto-configuration in wireless sensor networks: A review

NT Dinh, Y Kim - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wireless sensor network (WSN) studies have been carried out for multiple years. At this
stage, many real WSNs have been deployed. Therefore, configuration and updating are …