Digital and intelligent buildings are critical to realizing efficient building energy operations
and a smart grid. With the increasing digitalization of processes throughout the life cycle of …

Energy-intensive manufacturing is the greatest contributor to the US industrial energy
consumption today. Globally, manufacturing facilities are being directed to reduce their …

Detecting and diagnosing HVAC faults is critical for maintaining building operation
performance, reducing energy waste, and ensuring indoor comfort. An increasing …

A fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) tool, as addressed by this study, is a tool that
continuously identifies the presence of faults and efficiency improvement opportunities …

Control applications that facilitate Demand Flexibility (DF) are difficult to deploy at scale in
existing buildings. The heterogeneity of systems and non-standard naming conventions for …

Despite the development of increasingly efficient technologies and the ever-growing amount
of available data from Building Automation Systems (BAS) and connected devices, buildings …

The increasing amount of operational data in buildings opens up new methods for improving
building performance through advanced controls. Although predictive control has been …

Commercial building HVAC systems experience many sensing, mechanical, and control-
related faults that increase energy consumption and impact occupant comfort. Fault …

The increasing availability of sub-hourly operational data represents an untapped
opportunity to help better manage and operate buildings. However, specific variables may …

As new algorithms incorporate occupancy count information into more sophisticated HVAC
control, these technologies offer great potential for reductions in energy costs while …