Introducing IEA EBC annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation

W O'Brien, A Wagner, M Schweiker, A Mahdavi… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests
buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Deep and transfer learning for building occupancy detection: A review and comparative analysis

AN Sayed, Y Himeur, F Bensaali - Engineering applications of artificial …, 2022 - Elsevier
The building internet of things (BIoT) is quite a promising concept for curtailing energy
consumption, reducing costs, and promoting building transformation. Besides, integrating …

Practical issues in implementing machine-learning models for building energy efficiency: Moving beyond obstacles

Z Wang, J Liu, Y Zhang, H Yuan, R Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Implementing machine-learning models in real applications is crucial to achieving intelligent
building control and high energy efficiency. Over the past few decades, numerous studies …

A global building occupant behavior database

B Dong, Y Liu, W Mu, Z Jiang, P Pandey, T Hong… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
This paper introduces a database of 34 field-measured building occupant behavior datasets
collected from 15 countries and 39 institutions across 10 climatic zones covering various …

Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation

Y Ding, S Han, Z Tian, J Yao, W Chen, Q Zhang - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
Energy simulation results for buildings have significantly deviated from actual consumption
because of the uncertainty and randomness of occupant behavior. Such differences are …

[HTML][HTML] From time-series to 2d images for building occupancy prediction using deep transfer learning

AN Sayed, Y Himeur, F Bensaali - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building occupancy information could aid energy preservation while simultaneously
maintaining the end-user comfort level. Energy conservation becomes essential since …

A three-year dataset supporting research on building energy management and occupancy analytics

N Luo, Z Wang, D Blum, C Weyandt, N Bourassa… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
This paper presents the curation of a monitored dataset from an office building constructed
in 2015 in Berkeley, California. The dataset includes whole-building and end-use energy …

Fit-for-purpose: Measuring occupancy to support commercial building operations: A review

S Azimi, W O'Brien - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The current trend in commercial buildings is moving towards minimizing space utilization,
efficient allocation of resources, energy efficiency, better asset management, and increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Building occupancy and energy consumption: Case studies across building types

S Zhan, A Chong - Energy and Built Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Past research has shown that occupancy information can be used to reduce building energy
consumption through occupant-based controls and by mitigating wasteful occupant …

Occupancy-based energy consumption modelling using machine learning algorithms for institutional buildings

P Anand, C Deb, K Yan, J Yang, D Cheong… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupancy information is one of the crucial variables in modelling and predicting the energy
use in buildings. However, the presence of occupants is often stochastic in nature. In the …