Laboratory testing methods to evaluate the reliability of occupancy sensors for commercial building applications

B Kula, D Mitra, Y Chu, K Cetin, R Gallagher… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy performance of commercial buildings is greatly influenced by occupants which
are highly variable and among the most unpredictable components of a building's operation …

Development and testing of a performance evaluation methodology to assess the reliability of occupancy sensor systems in residential buildings

Y Chu, D Mitra, K Cetin, N Lajnef, F Altay… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the emergence of advanced occupancy sensor technologies to better detect occupancy
in buildings, a universal methodology and metrics are required to evaluate and report …

Influential variables impacting the reliability of building occupancy sensor systems: A systematic review and expert survey

Y Chu, D Mitra, Z O'neill, K Cetin - Science and Technology for the …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Occupancy information is critical for buildings, as it can substantially impact energy
consumption. However, occupancy is highly unpredictable, and depends on occupants' …

Development of a testing and evaluation protocol for occupancy sensing technologies in building HVAC controls: A case study of representative people counting …

R Zhang, M Kong, B Dong, Z O'Neill, H Cheng… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy-based control (OBC) in smart buildings provides numerous potentials to improve
building energy efficiency. To achieve effective OBC, the occupancy status of a space or a …

A Review of Existing Test Methods for Occupancy Sensors

B Feagin Jr, ME Poplawski, JT Day - 2020 - osti.gov
One of the key new features of connected lighting systems (CLS) is their ability to collect
data from various types of integral sensors and share that data with other lighting or building …

Review of occupancy sensing systems and occupancy modeling methodologies for the application in institutional buildings

J Yang, M Santamouris, SE Lee - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Occupancy information in a building is critical in terms of indoor environmental quality,
energy consumption and building energy simulation. However, it is not easy to gather and …

Sensing systems for smart building occupant-centric operation

Y Chu, K Cetin - The Rise of Smart Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings are an essential part of our lives and thus are designed to provide a safe,
comfortable, and healthy indoor environment in which we work and live. However, buildings …

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 …

Revealing occupancy patterns in an office building through the use of occupancy sensor data

C Duarte, K Van Den Wymelenberg, C Rieger - Energy and buildings, 2013 - Elsevier
Energy simulation programs like DOE-2 and EnergyPlus are tools that have been proven to
aid with energy calculations to predict energy use in buildings. Some inputs to energy …

[PDF][PDF] An energy-neutrality based evaluation into the effectiveness of occupancy sensors in buildings: An integrated life-cycle study

T Kumar, M Mani - Vol. II, PLEA Conference Proceedings: Design …, 2017 - researchgate.net
One of the rapidly emerging trends towards sustainable urbanization are smart cities which
consist of smart homes as its building blocks. India is rapidly moving towards becoming a …