Occupant presence and behaviour in buildings has been shown to have large impact on
heating, cooling and ventilation demand, energy consumption of lighting and appliances …

This article reviews the state-of-the-art developments in Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) and
their application to energy optimization problems. This methodology and related tools have …

Buildings are among the largest consumers of electricity in the US. A significant portion of
this energy use in buildings can be attributed to HVAC systems used to maintain comfort for …

Occupancy monitoring (ie. sensing whether a building or room is currently occupied) is
required by many building automation systems. An automatic heating system may, for …

The current trend in commercial buildings is moving towards minimizing space utilization,
efficient allocation of resources, energy efficiency, better asset management, and increasing …

A general approach is proposed to determine the common sensors that shall be used to
estimate and classify the approximate number of people (within a range) in a room. The …

With the advent of Internet of Things technologies and smart buildings, the need for building
automation systems that automatically performs computations without the intervention of …

Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly common to deploy sensors in public buildings or
homes with the aim of obtaining data from the environment and taking decisions that help to …

There is increasing interest in deploying building-scale, general-purpose, and high-fidelity
sensing to drive emerging smart building applications. However, the real-world deployment …

We present experimental evaluation of two occupancy-based control strategies for HVAC
(heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) systems in commercial buildings that were …