Adopting Internet of Things for the development of smart buildings: A review of enabling technologies and applications

M Jia, A Komeily, Y Wang, RS Srinivasan - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The 21st century is witnessing a fast-paced digital revolution. A significant trend is that cyber
and physical environments are being unprecedentedly entangled with the emergence of …

From occupancy to occupant behavior: An analytical survey of data acquisition technologies, modeling methodologies and simulation coupling mechanisms for …

M Jia, RS Srinivasan, AA Raheem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy consumption and indoor environment of buildings are proved to be largely
influenced by the presence and behaviors of occupants. The uncertainty caused by …

A review of occupant behaviour in residential buildings

BF Balvedi, E Ghisi, R Lamberts - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviour has a direct impact on building energy consumption. A better
understanding of human-building interactions enables to describe with higher accuracy the …

A method for the identification and modelling of realistic domestic occupancy sequences for building energy demand simulations and peer comparison

D Aerts, J Minnen, I Glorieux, I Wouters… - Building and …, 2014 - Elsevier
User behaviour plays a key role in the energy demand of residential buildings, and its
importance will only increase when moving towards nearly Zero-Energy homes. However …

Impact of people's behavior on the energy sustainability of the residential sector in emergency situations caused by COVID-19

D Cvetković, A Nešović, I Terzić - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Humanity is currently confronted with a new, unknown, highly contagious virus, where social
isolation and increased personal hygiene seem to be the main means in preventing its …

Towards user centered building design: Identifying end-user lighting preferences via immersive virtual environments

A Heydarian, E Pantazis, A Wang, D Gerber… - Automation in …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a systematic approach is presented to (1) collect end-user lighting-related
behavior by using immersive virtual environments (IVEs) as an experimental tool,(2) …

A methodology for modelling energy-related human behaviour: Application to window opening behaviour in residential buildings

V Fabi, RV Andersen, SP Corgnati, BW Olesen - Building Simulation, 2013 - Springer
An energy simulation of a building is a mathematical representation of its physical behaviour
considering all the thermal, lighting, acoustics aspects. However, a simulation cannot …

A model based on Gauss Distribution for predicting window behavior in building

S Pan, Y Han, S Wei, Y Wei, L Xia, L Xie, X Kong… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modeling of window behavior is a key component for building performance simulation, due
to the significant impact of opening/closing windows on indoor environment and energy …

Smart meters and energy savings in Italy: Determining the effectiveness of persuasive communication in dwellings

S D'Oca, SP Corgnati, T Buso - Energy Research & Social Science, 2014 - Elsevier
To secure a sustainable energy development in the residential sector, attitudes and human
behavior need to be modified toward more efficient and conscious energy usage. The goal …

A systematic development and validation approach to a novel agent-based modeling of occupant behaviors in commercial buildings

M Jia, RS Srinivasan, R Ries, N Weyer, G Bharathy - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviors are one of the dominant factors that influence building energy use.
Traditional building energy modeling programs use typical occupant schedules that often do …