Parallel to the rising debates over sustainable energy and artificial intelligence solutions, the
world is currently discussing the ethics of artificial intelligence and its possible negative …

Forecasting and modeling building energy profiles require tools able to discover patterns
within large amounts of collected information. Clustering is the main technique used to …

Smart homes have been viewed with increasing interest by both home owners and the
research community in the past few years. One reason for this development is that the use of …

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 …

The paper focuses on the evaluation of the impact on residential buildings of building
automation control (BAC) and technical building management (TBM) systems. This work …

Much work on sustainable design has focused on product manufacture/assembly and end of
life. Gains in products' technical efficiency address the use phase, but how these products …

US9367053B2 - System and method for coordination of building automation system demand
and shade control - Google Patents US9367053B2 - System and method for coordination of …

Clustering methods are deployed to extract patterns from large amounts of data. For home
and building automation, usage patterns and their resulting profiles allow improving control …

The growing environmental concerns and liberalization of energy markets have resulted in
an increased competition between utilities and a strong focus on efficiency. To develop new …

With the rise of energy costs for heating, cooling and ventilation and an increasing amount of
energy consuming appliances (eg white goods, consumer electronic devices), hidden …