Exploring the benefits and limitations of digital twin technology in building energy

F Tahmasebinia, L Lin, S Wu, Y Kang, S Sepasgozar - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume a significant amount of energy throughout their lifecycle; Thus,
sustainable energy management is crucial for all buildings, and controlling energy …

Data-driven predictive control for smart HVAC system in IoT-integrated buildings with time-series forecasting and reinforcement learning

D Zhuang, VJL Gan, ZD Tekler, A Chong, S Tian, X Shi - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimising HVAC operations towards human wellness and energy efficiency is a major
challenge for smart facilities management, especially amid COVID situations. Although IoT …

RSSI and machine learning-based indoor localization systems for smart cities

R Rathnayake, MWP Maduranga, V Tilwari… - Eng, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine Learning (ML) has
significantly increased the demand for Location-Based Services (LBS) in today's world …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid active learning framework for personal thermal comfort models

ZD Tekler, Y Lei, Y Peng, C Miller, A Chong - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Personal thermal comfort models are used to predict individual-level thermal comfort
responses to inform design and control decisions of buildings to achieve optimal …

Indoor 2D Positioning Method for Mobile Robots Based on the Fusion of RSSI and Magnetometer Fingerprints

P Sarcevic, D Csik, A Odry - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Received signal strength indicator (RSSI)-based fingerprinting is a widely used technique
for indoor localization, but these methods suffer from high error rates due to various …

LSTM-Based IoT-Enabled CO2 Steady-State Forecasting for Indoor Air Quality Monitoring

Y Zhu, SA Al-Ahmed, MZ Shakir, JI Olszewska - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Whether by habit or necessity, people tend to spend most of their time indoors. Built-up
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) can lead to a series of negative health effects such as nausea …

Building occupancy number prediction: A Transformer approach

K Sun, I Qaisar, MA Khan, T Xing, Q Zhao - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Buildings substantially impact global energy usage and emit significant carbon dioxide.
Building occupancy is crucial to enabling energy conservation in buildings and achieving …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing real-time nonintrusive occupancy estimation in buildings via knowledge fusion network

C Lu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Real-time nonintrusive occupancy estimation can maximize the use of existing sensors to
infer occupant information in buildings with the advantages of fewer privacy concerns and …

Transformers for energy forecast

HS Oliveira, HP Oliveira - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forecasting energy consumption models allow for improvements in building performance
and reduce energy consumption. Energy efficiency has become a pressing concern in …