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 …

Computer vision to advance the sensing and control of built environment towards occupant-centric sustainable development: A critical review

J Wang, L Jiang, H Yu, Z Feng, R Castaño-Rosa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
As urban development progresses, the built environment control has faced more critical
challenges in improving energy efficiency, air quality, and environmental comfort. Occupant …

Subzone division optimization with probability analysis-based K-means clustering for coupled control of non-uniform thermal environments and individual thermal …

S Zhang, R Wang, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Collective air distribution is widely used for thermally comfortable indoor environments but is
limited to unified thermal comfort requirements. Advanced collective air distribution has the …

A new algorithm for real-time detection of window opening area in residential buildings

Y Liu, WT Chong, YH Yau, D Han, M Qin, F Deng… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The variation in window opening areas by individuals can lead to significant differences in
air change rates, indirectly affecting indoor air quality and building energy consumption …

Ventilation performance index fully considering effects of ventilation air parameters on thermal comfort: Effective Draft–Moisture Temperature

S Zhang, X Zhang, Z Lin, Z Fang - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Ventilation methods are widely used for creating livable indoor environments. The
ventilation performance index of thermal comfort is indispensable for the provision of thermal …

YOLO and Faster R-CNN object detection for smart Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0: applications, challenges, and opportunities

N Rane - Available at SSRN 4624206, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
The rise of Industry 4.0 and the emerging paradigm of Industry 5.0 have driven
unprecedented technological progress in various fields. Central to this transformation are …

Thermal responses in temporarily occupied space in the summer: Spatial-temporal synergetic alliesthesia using a ceiling fan

Z Li, B Yang, B Zhou, F Wang, A Li - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Although temporal and spatial alliesthesia have been widely studied in recent decades, their
synergistic impact on occupant perceptions have received less attention. One reason for this …

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 …

Energy-saving potential of fresh air management using camera-based indoor occupancy positioning system in public open space

H Wang, C Liang, G Wang, X Li - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of fresh air systems constitutes a significant proportion of the
energy consumption of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system therefore, energy …

Evaluation of heating performances of different ventilation methods in an office

T Li, EA Essah, Y Wu, C Liao… - Indoor and Built …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, 12 cases were investigated in an office-layout room using experiments and
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The heating performances of four …