Review of Challenges and Key Enablers in Energy Systems towards Net Zero Target: Renewables, Storage, Buildings, & Grid Technologies.

MI Fernandez, YI Go, MLD Wong, WG Früh - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Carbon emissions are increasing due to continued urban developments and the growth of
the human population, leading to environmental issues such as global warming. Moving …

[HTML][HTML] Developing building-specific, occupant-centric thermal comfort models: A methodological approach

N Upasani, O Guerra-Santin, M Mohammadi - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses the research problem of accurately predicting thermal comfort in
buildings by developing occupant-centric, building-specific models. Traditional models like …

Crowdsourced data as a strategic approach to include the human dimension in outdoor environmental quality assessments

RJ Cureau, E Bou-Zeid, I Pigliautile… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Outdoor environments extend living spaces as venues for various activities. Comfortable
open public spaces can positively impact citizens' health and well-being, thereby improving …

[HTML][HTML] Projecting and estimating HVAC energy savings from correcting control faults: Comparison between physical and virtual metering approaches

AA Markus, J Bursill, HB Gunay, BW Hobson - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Fault-impact analysis (FIA) in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
involves forecasting system loads in the absence of equipment malfunction and …

Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence of Things–Based Indoor Environment Quality Modeling Framework for Supporting Student Well-Being in Educational Facilities

MJ Lee, R Zhang - Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Maintaining the quality of indoor environments in educational facilities is crucial for student
comfort, health, well-being, and students' learning performance. Current indoor environment …

Towards Smart Building Maintenance: Leveraging Multi-Source Data and Digital Twins with Ecological Momentary Assessment

P Nojedehi - 2023 - repository.library.carleton.ca
Complaint management, fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) are critical for building
performance and occupants' well-being. Facility management addresses these services with …

[PDF][PDF] Project acronym B4B Project full name Brains for Building's Energy Systems Grant No MOOI32004 Project duration 4 year (Starting date May 1, 2021)

O Guerra-Santin, N Upasani, A TUe - brains4buildings.org
This deliverable focuses on the research activities carried out in task 3.2. 3. The task results
will contribute to the research carried out in WP1, and therefore, a second version of the …