LightLearn: An adaptive and occupant centered controller for lighting based on reinforcement learning

JY Park, T Dougherty, H Fritz, Z Nagy - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
In commercial buildings, lighting contributes to about 20% of the total energy consumption.
Lighting controllers that integrate occupancy and luminosity sensors to improve energy …

A socio-technical perspective on the application of green ergonomics to open-plan offices: A review of the literature and recommendations for future research

TA Norton, OB Ayoko, NM Ashkanasy - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Open-plan office (OPO) layouts emerged to allow organizations to adapt to changing
workplace demands. We explore the potential for OPOs to provide such adaptive capacity to …

Effect of color temperature and illuminance on psychology, physiology, and productivity: An experimental study

R Chen, MC Tsai, YS Tsay - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigated the impact of the lighting environment on psychological
perception, physiology, and productivity and then designed lighting control strategies based …

Internet of things for smart spaces: A university campus case study

E Gilman, S Tamminen, R Yasmin, E Ristimella… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Advances in technology and data analysis provide rich opportunities for developing
intelligent environments assisting their inhabitants, so-called smart environments or smart …

Office light control moving toward automation and humanization: a literature review

X Ding, J Yu, Y Si - Intelligent Buildings International, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This review was designed to survey the development of control technology and strategies for
office light environment from 1993 to 2017 by documentary research. Search engines were …

Does background sounds distort concentration and verbal reasoning performance in open-plan office?

H Liu, H He, J Qin - Applied Acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Sound distraction is often seen as an enemy of productivity, especially in the open-plan
office. The present study involves a laboratory experiment exploring the effect of six kinds of …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial efficiency: An outset of lighting application efficacy for indoor lighting

P Mahmoudzadeh, W Hu, W Davis, D Durmus - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Electric lighting plays a critical role in buildings, not only impacting the well-being,
satisfaction, and performance of building occupants but also accounting for a significant …

Indoor daylighting and thermal response of a passive solar building to selective components of solar radiation

OK Overen, EL Meyer, G Makaka - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar radiation provides the most significant natural energy in buildings for space heating
and daylighting. Due to atmospheric interference, solar radiation received at the Earth's …

[HTML][HTML] Preferred luminance distributions in open-plan offices in relation to time-of-day and subjective alertness

C de Bakker, M Aarts, H Kort, E van Loenen… - Leukos, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dynamic lighting is one of the new trends in lighting research; providing the right lighting
level at the right time could possibly increase the alertness and performance of office …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of ceiling-based luminance distribution measurements

TW Kruisselbrink, R Dangol, EJ van Loenen - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a high relevancy in the luminance distribution related to the perceived visual
comfort. Moreover, the required technology is maturing such that it is feasible to integrate …