A fusion framework for occupancy estimation in office buildings based on environmental sensor data

Z Chen, MK Masood, YC Soh - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Occupancy information that can be used to determine heating, ventilation and lighting
requirements is one of the important parameters for the control of energy efficient buildings …

A novel feature selection framework with Hybrid Feature-Scaled Extreme Learning Machine (HFS-ELM) for indoor occupancy estimation

MK Masood, C Jiang, YC Soh - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Indoor occupancy estimation can be an important parameter for automating Air Conditioning
and Mechanical Ventilation (ACMV) operations in buildings. In this work, we propose a …

Building occupancy estimation and detection: A review

Z Chen, C Jiang, L Xie - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Building occupancy is of great importance for energy efficient control of buildings. A large
number of works have been developed for the estimation and detection of building …

Review of occupancy sensing systems and occupancy modeling methodologies for the application in institutional buildings

J Yang, M Santamouris, SE Lee - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Occupancy information in a building is critical in terms of indoor environmental quality,
energy consumption and building energy simulation. However, it is not easy to gather and …

Virtual occupancy sensors for real-time occupancy information in buildings

Y Zhao, W Zeiler, G Boxem, T Labeodan - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
This study aims at developing a generic, feasible and low cost occupancy detection solution
to provide reliable real-time occupancy information in buildings. Currently, various low cost …

Building occupancy estimation with environmental sensors via CDBLSTM

Z Chen, R Zhao, Q Zhu, MK Masood… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buildings consume quite a lot of energy; hence, the issue of building energy efficiency has
attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. A key factor in achieving this objective is …

Conditional Random Fields-based approach for real-time building occupancy estimation with multi-sensory networks

S Zikos, A Tsolakis, D Meskos, A Tryferidis… - Automation in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Automated real-time occupancy monitoring in buildings plays an important role in increasing
energy efficiency and provides facility managers with useful information about the usage of …

[HTML][HTML] Occupancy estimation with environmental sensors: the possibilities and limitations

S Chitnis, N Somu, A Kowli - Energy and Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupancy detection and estimation in buildings paves the way to improve the utilization of
lighting and HVAC systems, induce energy savings and enhance the well-being of the …

A systematic approach to occupancy modeling in ambient sensor-rich buildings

Z Yang, N Li, B Becerik-Gerber, M Orosz - Simulation, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
With ever-rising energy demand and diminishing sources of inexpensive energy resources,
energy conservation has become an increasingly important topic. Building heating …

Integrated sensor data processing for occupancy detection in residential buildings

C Wang, J Jiang, T Roth, C Nguyen, Y Liu, H Lee - Energy and buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the data from US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the total annual energy
consumed by buildings in the United States has increased by 325% over the past 70 years …