Introducing IEA EBC annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation

W O'Brien, A Wagner, M Schweiker, A Mahdavi… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests
buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to …

A comprehensive review of approaches to building occupancy detection

L Rueda, K Agbossou, A Cardenas, N Henao… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Detailed occupancy information in buildings is useful to improve the performance of energy
management systems in order to enable energy consumption savings and maintain …

[HTML][HTML] Towards integrating occupant behaviour modelling in simulation-aided building design: Reasons, challenges and solutions

JM Zambrano, UF Oberegger, G Salvalai - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviour is an important source of uncertainty in building energy performance
simulations. This has led to the development and integration of different modelling …

Development of a testing and evaluation protocol for occupancy sensing technologies in building HVAC controls: A case study of representative people counting …

R Zhang, M Kong, B Dong, Z O'Neill, H Cheng… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy-based control (OBC) in smart buildings provides numerous potentials to improve
building energy efficiency. To achieve effective OBC, the occupancy status of a space or a …

Performance comparison of occupancy count estimation and prediction with common versus dedicated sensors for building model predictive control

FC Sangogboye, K Arendt, A Singh, CT Veje… - Building …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Model predictive control is a promising approach to optimize the operation of
building systems and provide demand-response functionalities without compromising indoor …

Occupancy patterns obtained by heuristic approaches: Cluster analysis and logical flowcharts. A case study in a university office

D Mora, G Fajilla, MC Austin, M De Simone - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental set-up was built in an office with the aim of obtaining information regarding
occupancy patterns by monitoring occupancy state, air temperature, relative humidity, CO 2 …

Assessment of probabilistic models to estimate the occupancy state in office buildings using indoor parameters and user-related variables

G Fajilla, MC Austin, D Mora, M De Simone - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupancy modeling in office buildings is still in progress and needs to be developed by
using observable data. In this paper, an office building under the Mediterranean climate was …

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 …

A practical multi-sensor cooling demand estimation approach based on visual, indoor and outdoor information sensing

J Wang, NCF Tse, TY Poon, JYC Chan - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The operating efficiency of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is critical
for building energy performance. Demand-based control is an efficient HVAC operating …

PROMT: predicting occupancy presence in multiple resolution with time-shift agnostic classification

FC Sangogboye, MB Kjærgaard - Computer Science-Research and …, 2018 - Springer
Improving methods for predicting occupant presence in commercial buildings is crucial for
optimizing energy consumption. Also it is crucial for providing amiable indoor environmental …