HVAC energy savings, thermal comfort and air quality for occupant-centric control through a side-by-side experimental study
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In this paper, three state-of-the-art occupancy sensing technologies were integrated into the real-time Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system control in commercial buildings.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2022-01-15 and is currently open access. It has received 40 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HVAC & Occupancy.read more
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A review on occupancy prediction through machine learning for enhancing energy efficiency, air quality and thermal comfort in the built environment
TL;DR: In this article , a review of machine learning-based occupancy prediction models and their applications in building systems is presented, with a special focus on its related applications and benefits to improving energy efficiency, indoor air quality and thermal comfort.
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Optimization of energy efficiency and COVID-19 pandemic control in different indoor environments
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper developed a quantitative human, behavior-based, infection risk-energy consumption model for different indoor environments, and an optimal balance point for each indoor environment can be obtained using the anti-problem method.
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Deep and transfer learning for building occupancy detection: A review and comparative analysis
TL;DR: In this article , the authors provide an in-depth survey of the strategies used to analyze sensor data and determine occupancy in the building internet of things (BIoT) networks.
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Investigating thermostat sensor offset impacts on operating performance and thermal comfort of three different HVAC systems in Wuhan, China
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored sensor fault impacts on different HVACs, the thermostat offset fault was taken as an example, and compared its influences on operational performance of three HVCs including the ground source heat pump (GSHP), the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system and the chiller + boiler (CB) system.
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A guideline to document occupant behavior models for advanced building controls
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present a guideline for a thorough and standardized occupant-behavior model documentation, and present a model-evaluation schema that enabled benchmarking of different occupant behavior models in field settings as well as the recommendations on how OB models are integrated with the building system.
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Occupancy Detection from Electricity Consumption Data
TL;DR: This paper investigates the suitability of digital electricity meters -- already available in millions of households worldwide -- to be used as occupancy sensors and shows that using common classification methods it is possible to achieve occupancy detection accuracies of more than 80%.