Commercial buildings contribute to 19% of the primary energy consumption in the US, with
HVAC systems accounting for 39.6% of this usage. To reduce HVAC energy use, prior …

Wireless infrastructure such as WiFi access points (APs) has grown in popularity while we
witness an increased use of wireless smart devices among communities worldwide …

Residential and commercial buildings consume almost 27% of the total energy in the United
States. Therefore, accurate occupancy detection is necessary and valuable to increase the …

Smart building, which delivers useful services to residents at the lowest cost and maximum
comfort, has gained increasing attention. HVAC equipment is a particularly expensive and …

Indoor occupancy estimation has become an important area of research in the recent past.
Information about the number of people entering or leaving a building is useful in estimation …

Detailed visualisation and data analysis of occupancy patterns including spatial distribution
and temporal variations are of great importance to delivering energy efficient and productive …

Abstract Urban Building Energy Models (UBEMs) are vital for estimating building energy use
and related greenhouse gas emissions. However, their reliability needs boosting by using …

The building energy saving (BES) has been the subject of extensive research for reducing
the energy consumption inside the buildings. One of the key solution for energy saving in …

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for over 50% of the
energy consumed by commercial buildings. While" smart" HVAC technologies, such as …

This poster presents the homeset algorithm, a lightweight approach to estimate occupancy
schedules of private households. The algorithm relies on the mobile phones of households' …