A review of occupancy-based building energy and IEQ controls and its future post-COVID

P Anand, D Cheong, C Sekhar - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy schedules and density can have a substantial influence on building plug,
lighting, and air conditioning energy usage. In recent years, the study related to occupancy …

Influence of occupant behavior for building energy conservation: a systematic review study of diverse modeling and simulation approach

MN Uddin, HH Wei, HL Chi, M Ni - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Energy consumption in buildings depends on several physical factors, including its physical
characteristics, various building services systems/appliances used, and the outdoor …

Occupant-oriented mixed-mode EnergyPlus predictive control simulation

J Zhao, KP Lam, BE Ydstie, V Loftness - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) has been studied in the building science realm for
about three decades. However, the following two aspects of the building control have not …

Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF): A tool for using locally observed weather data in building energy simulations

C Bianchi, AD Smith - SoftwareX, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF) application provides
web-based access to real meteorological data and processes it into a weather file suitable …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic hvac operations with real-time vision-based occupant recognition system

S Lu, CE Hameen, A Aziz - 2018 ASHRAE Winter Conference …, 2018 - researchgate.net
An integrated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is one of the most
important components to determine the energy consumption of the entire building. For …

[PDF][PDF] Improving The Accuracy Of Building Energy Simulation Using Real-Time Occupancy Schedule And Metered Electricity Consumption Data

P Anand, C Sekhar, J Yang… - Proceedings of the 2017 …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Occupancy plays a significant role in the amount of energy used in buildings and their
presence is stochastic in nature. There is extensive evidence to suggest that buildings …

The Robert L. Preger Intelligent Workplace TM a Transformative Living …

V Hartkopf, V Loftness - Facilities@ Management: Concept …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change, rapid advances in technology, and the global pandemic have significantly
changed the nature of work and the workplaces that are best suited to ensuring a healthy …

Humans and Nature in the Loop: Integrating occupants & natural conditioning into advanced controls for high performance buildings

V Loftness, A Aziz, V Hartkopf, KP Lam, B Lasternas - 2018 - surface.syr.edu
ABSTRACT Post Occupancy Evaluation plus Measurements (POE+ M) has revealed that
thermal, visual, acoustic and even air quality standards derived through controlled …

Development of a data driven occupancy-based building energy and IEQ model

P Anand - 2019 - search.proquest.com
This study aims to investigate the possibilities of enhancing building energy efficiency and
Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) using occupancy information through an in-depth case …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic HVAC operations based on occupancy patterns with real-time vision-based system

S Lu - 2017 - pstorage-cmu-348901238291901.s3 …
An integrated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is one of the most
important components to determining the energy consumption of the entire building. For …