Due to its significant contribution to global energy usage and the associated greenhouse
gas emissions, existing building stock's energy efficiency must improve. Predictive building …

With the ever increasing device count and the introduction of pervasive computing in
residential homes, naturally also the energy demand constantly rises. Currently, much effort …

Intelligent management of energy consumption is one of the key issues for future energy
distribution systems, smart buildings, and consumer appliances. The problem can be tackled …

Home and building automation (HBA) trends toward the Ambient Intelligence paradigm,
which aims to autonomously coordinate and control appliances and subsystems in a given …

This paper investigates research, made on semantic information models for building
automation systems. It analyzes what information domains are covered to provide context …

Smart applications of the Internet of Things are improving the performance of buildings,
reducing energy demand. Local and smart networks, soft computing methodologies …

Modern Information and Communication Technologies are definitely a key factor to develop
the green and sustainable applications that the so-called" smart city" needs. Effective …

Leveraging the emerging technologies of Energy Informatics and cross-reality, a new
concept is proposed for how buildings and their systems are designed and operated. The …

Energy efficiency in buildings is essential for economic, social, and environmental reasons.
Under current European legislation, buildings have to be certified with an energy efficiency …

Ambient intelligent systems such as Home and Building Automation Systems (HBAS) are
becoming evermore accepted and capable of actuating automatically on behalf of users to …