A comprehensive review of optimization research concerning the design and proportioning
of concrete mixtures is presented herein. Mixture design optimization is motivated by an ever …

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 …

Building information modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted for representing and
exchanging building data across disciplines during building design and construction …

Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) represents one of the most active areas of research and
commercial product development in the buildings industry. This paper addresses two …

Achieving a widespread transition to grid-interactive, efficient buildings (GEBs) depends
critically on there being sufficient interoperability among connected building systems. While …

Operator decisions regarding daily and seasonal scheduling of systems' availability and
setpoints play an important role in building performance. This paper reviews the key …

Sensors, actuators, and controllers, which collectively serve as the backbone of
cyberphysical systems for building energy management, are one of the core technical areas …

Commercial buildings often experience faults that produce undesirable behavior in building
systems. Building faults waste energy, decrease occupants' comfort, and increase operating …

Buildings are becoming more data-rich. Building analytics tools, including energy
information systems (EIS) and fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) tools, have emerged to …

Trustworthy savings calculations are critical to convincing regulators of both the cost-
effectiveness of energy efficiency program investments and their ability to defer supply-side …