Occupant health in buildings: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the opinions of building professionals and implications on research

M Awada, B Becerik-Gerber, E White, S Hoque… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study are to investigate building professionals' experience, awareness,
and interest in occupant health in buildings, and to assess the impact of the COVID-19 …

How can a daylighting and user-oriented control system be configured? A state-of-the-art critical review

RM López-Lovillo, S Domínguez-Amarillo… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building control systems have become essential to ensure both energy savings and user
comfort. Specifically, daylight-linked control systems (DLC systems) allow interior conditions …

Real-time daylight glare control using a low-cost, window-mounted HDRI sensor

M Kim, I Konstantzos, A Tzempelikos - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The main limitation of existing daylight glare control strategies is their fundamental inability
to efficiently identify the location, size and brightness of potential glare sources in real-time …

An experiment of double dynamic lighting in an office responding to sky and daylight: Perceived effects on comfort, atmosphere and work engagement

EK Hansen, T Bjørner, E Xylakis… - Indoor and Built …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The experiment was targeted to develop design strategies and methods by testing the
complex interplay between the dynamics of daylight and electrical lighting in an office. The …

A workflow for evaluating occupant-centric controls using building simulation

BW Hobson, B Huchuk, HB Gunay… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Indoor climate and lighting in office buildings are operated using static and conservative
setpoints and schedules that are sub-optimal for real occupancy/occupants' diverse …

Inferring personal daylighting preferences using HDRI and deep learning techniques

D Mah, A Tzempelikos - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new method for classifying daylighting preferences based on deep
learning models trained with pixelwise similarity features extracted from pairs of luminance …

Reading comfort in relation to monitor and ambient luminance levels: A study using continuous rating scale and paired comparison methodology

R Daneels, L Van de Perre, Y Meuret… - Lighting Research & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this work, it is investigated how reading comfort is influenced by monitor and ambient
luminance levels, when employing high-luminance monitors. High-luminance monitors can …

Efficient learning of personalized visual preferences in daylit offices: An online elicitation framework

J Xiong, NM Awalgaonkar, A Tzempelikos… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human preference-based control in buildings may achieve maximum occupant satisfaction
as well as energy savings. Adaptive and online learning methods are needed for learning …

Quantifying the effects of luminous properties on human visual and non-visual responses in indoor environments: An integrative lighting network

D Hou, MR Luo, Y Lin - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Artificial lighting is a critical element in indoor environments such as offices, educational
facilities, and healthcare settings. However, the dose-response relationships between …

Flow of light: balancing directionality and cct in the office environment

EK Hansen, M Pajuste, E Xylakis - Leukos, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human perception and vision have evolved in response to dynamic daylight, a combination
of radiation from direct sunlight and diffuse skylight, which has created a flow of variations in …