Residential buildings consume significant energy and play a key role in increasing demand
all over the world. The major sources of energy consumption in buildings are heating …

Developing advanced control strategies is a relevant pathway to achieve energy savings in
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Nevertheless, the studies presenting …

A focal point of ongoing research is matching the energy demand in the built environment to
the energy supply from onsite generation, to maximize the self-consumption, and from the …

People in developed countries spend today most of their time inside buildings as part of the
modern way of life. As a result, the building sector accounts for almost 40% of the total …

Accurate and automated real-time building monitoring is a challenging task due to the large
number of different parameters that are involved. This paper presents several aspects of a …

In order to optimize building energy consumption, Member States will have to establish
minimum efficiency requirements for systems, and promote the introduction of active control …

Research studies provided evidence on the energy efficiency of integrating personal thermal
comfort profiles into the control loop of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) …

Occupant behavior is one of the major factors influencing building energy consumption and
contributing to uncertainty in building energy use prediction and simulation. Currently the …

The incremented popularity of Internet of Things (IoT), thanks to improvements both in
hardware and software of sensors over the last years, enables the possibility to monitor and …

Energy consumption and indoor environment of buildings are proved to be largely
influenced by the presence and behaviors of occupants. The uncertainty caused by …