Computer vision to advance the sensing and control of built environment towards occupant-centric sustainable development: A critical review

J Wang, L Jiang, H Yu, Z Feng, R Castaño-Rosa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
As urban development progresses, the built environment control has faced more critical
challenges in improving energy efficiency, air quality, and environmental comfort. Occupant …

Edge-based real-time occupancy detection system through a non-intrusive sensing system

AN Sayed, F Bensaali, Y Himeur, M Houchati - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Building automation and the advancement of sustainability and safety in internal spaces
benefit significantly from occupancy sensing. While particular traditional Machine Learning …

A vision-based deep learning approach for the detection and prediction of occupancy heat emissions for demand-driven control solutions

PW Tien, S Wei, JK Calautit, J Darkwa, C Wood - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a vision-based deep learning approach that enables the detection
and recognition of occupants' activities within building spaces. The data can feed into …

Review of vision-based occupant information sensing systems for occupant-centric control

H Choi, CY Um, K Kang, H Kim, T Kim - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Vision-based (camera-based) systems, which can effectively sense occupant
information, have garnered attention as a core technology in the Fourth Industrial …

Multi-source sensor based urban habitat and resident health sensing: A case study of Wuhan, China

Y Zhang, N Chen, W Du, Y Li, X Zheng - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly has a great impact on the world economy, especially
the urban economy. It is urgent to study the environmental pathogenic factors and …

A computer vision-based occupancy and equipment usage detection approach for reducing building energy demand

PW Tien, S Wei, J Calautit - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Because of extensive variations in occupancy patterns around office space environments
and their use of electrical equipment, accurate occupants' behaviour detection is valuable …

Advanced controls on energy reliability, flexibility, resilience, and occupant-centric control for smart and energy-efficient buildings—a state-of-the-art review

Z Liu, X Zhang, Y Sun, Y Zhou - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced controls have attracted increasing interests due to the high requirement on smart
and energy-efficient (SEE) buildings and decarbonization in the building industry with …

Smart sensing for HVAC control: Collaborative intelligence in optical and IR cameras

N Cao, J Ting, S Sen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy management of heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) has become a primary
concern for residential and commercial buildings. In order to save energy without …

An occupant-centric control strategy for indoor thermal comfort, air quality and energy management

Z Wang, J Calautit, PW Tien, S Wei, W Zhang, Y Wu… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Occupant-Centric Control (OCC) strategies have gained mounting
interest. Previous studies made use of OCC strategies for adjusting the operation of …

HVAC energy savings, thermal comfort and air quality for occupant-centric control through a side-by-side experimental study

M Kong, B Dong, R Zhang, Z O'Neill - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Building sensing technologies have evolved rapidly in the last two decades in aid of
monitoring building environment and energy system performance. A series of occupancy …