Intelligent controllers and optimization algorithms for building energy management towards achieving sustainable development: challenges and prospects

K Parvin, MSH Lipu, MA Hannan, MA Abdullah… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buildings account for a significant amount of energy consumption leading to the issues of
global emissions and climate change. Thus, energy management in a building is …

Communication breakdown: Energy efficiency recommendations to address the disconnect between building operators and occupants

SN Ruiz, JK Day, K Govertsen, M Kane - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
As technology advances, progressive building performance goals are met with ease and
occupant behavior plays an increasingly significant role in preventing building operators …

BizWatts: A modular socio-technical energy management system for empowering commercial building occupants to conserve energy

R Gulbinas, RK Jain, JE Taylor - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Commercial buildings represent a significant portion of energy consumption and
environmental emissions worldwide. To help mitigate the environmental impact of building …

A review of building parameters' roles in conserving energy versus maintaining comfort

R Alsharif, M Arashpour, V Chang, J Zhou - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Building operations constitute a significant amount of energy consumption globally.
Although approaches to optimise energy consumption have emerged, maintaining comfort …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the cost of energy flexibility strategies to design sustainable building clusters: Modelling and multi-domain analysis

GF Giuzio, G Russo, C Forzano, G Del Papa… - Energy Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing complexity of urban distributed energy systems demands effective strategies
to tackle design and operational challenges. This study presents a framework for evaluating …

A critical review on questionnaire surveys in the field of energy-related occupant behaviour

Z Deme Belafi, T Hong, A Reith - Energy Efficiency, 2018 - Springer
Occupants perform various actions to satisfy their physical and non-physical needs in
buildings. These actions greatly affect building operations and thus energy use. Clearly …

How can occupancy modeling and occupancy sensors reduce energy usage in academic buildings: An application approach to University of San Francisco

PR Duong - 2016 - repository.usfca.edu
Buildings are amongst the highest energy consumers relative to industry and transportation.
They account for 40% of the world's energy consumption, due to the need for lighting …

Smart applications for the integrated sensing, simulation, and feedback of occupant behaviors to enable personalized interventions for energy saving in buildings

P Inyim, T Carmenate, D Hidalgo, M Reyes… - Construction …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Occupant behaviors contribute significantly to energy consumption and waste in buildings.
Effective implementation of intervention strategies is the key to minimize energy wastes …

Intelligent buildings: An overview

F Mofidi, H Akbari - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review the topics related to the optimized operation of
intelligent buildings with respect to occupant comfort and energy consumption. To …

The impact of building occupant behavior on energy efficiency and methods to influence it: A review of the state of the art

A Paone, JP Bacher - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume a significant amount of energy, estimated at about one-third of total
primary energy resources. Building energy efficiency has turned out to be a major issue in …