The COVID-19 impact on air condition usage: a shift towards residential energy saving

MS Aliero, MF Pasha, AN Toosi, I Ghani - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The enforcement of the Movement Control Order to curtail the spread of COVID-19 has
affected home energy consumption, especially HVAC systems. Occupancy detection and …

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 …

Real-time monitoring of occupancy activities and window opening within buildings using an integrated deep learning-based approach for reducing energy demand

PW Tien, S Wei, JK Calautit, J Darkwa, C Wood - Applied energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy behaviour in buildings can impact the energy performance and operation of
heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. HVAC, which uses conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Occupancy estimation with environmental sensors: the possibilities and limitations

S Chitnis, N Somu, A Kowli - Energy and Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupancy detection and estimation in buildings paves the way to improve the utilization of
lighting and HVAC systems, induce energy savings and enhance the well-being of the …

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 …

A systematic approach to occupancy modeling in ambient sensor-rich buildings

Z Yang, N Li, B Becerik-Gerber, M Orosz - Simulation, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
With ever-rising energy demand and diminishing sources of inexpensive energy resources,
energy conservation has become an increasingly important topic. Building heating …

Non-intrusive room occupancy prediction performance analysis using different machine learning techniques

MS Aliero, MF Pasha, DT Smith, I Ghani, M Asif… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent advancements in the Internet of Things and Machine Learning techniques have
allowed the deployment of sensors on a large scale to monitor the environment and model …

Indoor occupancy detection based on environmental data using CNN-XGboost model: experimental validation in a residential building

A Mohammadabadi, S Rahnama, A Afshari - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor occupancy prediction can play a vital role in the energy-efficient operation of building
engineering systems and maintaining satisfactory indoor climate conditions at the lowest …

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 …

Integrated sensor data processing for occupancy detection in residential buildings

C Wang, J Jiang, T Roth, C Nguyen, Y Liu, H Lee - Energy and buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the data from US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the total annual energy
consumed by buildings in the United States has increased by 325% over the past 70 years …