Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations

Understanding occupants’ behaviour, engagement, emotion, and comfort indoors with heterogeneous sensors and wearables

(2022) Nan Gao et al.   Scientific Data

Understanding patterns of thermostat overrides after demand response events

(2022) Valentina Tomat et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Communication breakdown: Energy efficiency recommendations to address the disconnect between building operators and occupants

(2022) Shelby N. Ruiz et al.   Energy Research & Social Science

Ten questions concerning human-building interaction research for improving the quality of life

(2022) Burçin Becerik-Gerber et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Practical differences in operating buildings across countries and climate zones: Perspectives of building managers/operators

(2022) Maíra André et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Simulation-aided development of automated solar shading control strategies using performance mapping and statistical classification

(2021) Samuel B. de Vries et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

A workflow for evaluating occupant-centric controls using building simulation

(2021) Brodie W. Hobson et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

The in-situ implementation of a feature-rich thermostat: A building engineering and human factors approach to improve perceived control in offices

(2021) Connor Brackley et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A data-driven study of thermostat overrides during demand response events

(2021) Lucile Sarran et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Dynamic thermal perception: A review and agenda for future experimental research

(2021) Marika Vellei et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for building HVAC occupant-centric control

(2021) Tao Yang et al.   Building Simulation

On the simulation of occupant-centric control for building operations

(2021) Mohamed M. Ouf et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Quantifying the nationwide HVAC energy savings in large hotels: the role of occupant-centric controls

(2021) Zhihong Pang et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Introducing IEA EBC Annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation

(2020) William O’Brien et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

(2020) Julia K. Day et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling

(2020) Jiaqing Xie et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings

(2020) Ján Drgoňa et al.   ANNUAL REVIEWS IN CONTROL

Design and application of occupant voting systems for collecting occupant feedback on indoor environmental quality of buildings – A review

(2020) Donya Sheikh Khan et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

User-centered environmental control: a review of current findings on personal conditioning systems and personal comfort models

(2020) Maíra André et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Temperature-preference learning with neural networks for occupant-centric building indoor climate controls

(2019) Yuzhen Peng et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Opportunistic occupancy-count estimation using sensor fusion: A case study

(2019) Brodie W. Hobson et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Sensitivity analysis and optimization of building operations

(2019) H. Burak Gunay et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A Framework for Adopting Adaptive Thermal Comfort Principles in Design and Operation of Buildings

(2019) Runa T. Hellwig et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A critical review of field implementations of occupant-centric building controls

(2019) June Young Park et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Methods used in social sciences that suit energy research: A literature review on qualitative methods to assess the human dimension of energy use in buildings

(2019) Mateus V. Bavaresco et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Typical occupancy profiles and behaviors in residential buildings in the United States

(2019) Debrudra Mitra et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Using machine learning techniques for occupancy-prediction-based cooling control in office buildings

(2018) Yuzhen Peng et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

BIM-based framework for automatic scheduling of facility maintenance work orders

(2018) Weiwei Chen et al.   AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION

A preliminary study of occupants’ use of manual lighting controls in private offices: A case study

(2018) Sara Gilani et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Comprehensive analysis of the relationship between thermal comfort and building control research - A data-driven literature review

(2018) June Young Park et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A review of occupant-centric building control strategies to reduce building energy use

(2018) Sophie Naylor et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

(2018) June Young Park et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Why are daylight-linked controls (DLCs) not so spread? A literature review

(2016) Laura Bellia et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Occupant-oriented mixed-mode EnergyPlus predictive control simulation

(2016) Jie Zhao et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Modelling diversity in building occupant behaviour: a novel statistical approach

(2016) Frédéric Haldi et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Understanding high performance buildings: The link between occupant knowledge of passive design systems, corresponding behaviors, occupant comfort and environmental satisfaction

(2015) Julia K. Day et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Perceived control in indoor environments: a conceptual approach

(2015) Runa Tabea Hellwig   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Implementation and comparison of existing occupant behaviour models in EnergyPlus

(2015) H. Burak Gunay et al.   Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Should it be automatic or manual—The occupant's perspective on the design of domestic control systems

(2013) Sami Karjalainen   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Opportunities for low carbon sustainability in large commercial buildings in China

(2009) Ping Jiang et al.   ENERGY POLICY