[HTML][HTML] A review on occupancy prediction through machine learning for enhancing energy efficiency, air quality and thermal comfort in the built environment

W Zhang, Y Wu, JK Calautit - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The occupants' presence, activities, and behaviour can significantly impact the building's
performance and energy efficiency. Currently, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning …

Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models–A comprehensive literature review

R Yao, S Zhang, C Du, M Schweiker, S Hodder… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort is fundamental to indoor environmental design and operation as well as
indoor thermal environment evaluation. This paper has reviewed the historic evolution of …

Application of machine learning in thermal comfort studies: A review of methods, performance and challenges

ZQ Fard, ZS Zomorodian, SS Korsavi - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides a systematic review on the application of Machine Learning (ML) in
thermal comfort studies to highlight the latest methods and findings and provide an agenda …

Analysis of the accuracy on PMV–PPD model using the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II

T Cheung, S Schiavon, T Parkinson, P Li… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) are the most
widely used thermal comfort indices. Yet, their performance remains a contested topic. The …

State-of-the-art on research and applications of machine learning in the building life cycle

T Hong, Z Wang, X Luo, W Zhang - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Fueled by big data, powerful and affordable computing resources, and advanced algorithms,
machine learning has been explored and applied to buildings research for the past decades …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal comfort models and their developments: A review

Q Zhao, Z Lian, D Lai - Energy and Built Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past several years, thermal comfort, especially development and application of
thermal comfort model, has been a research focus of building environment. Since the 1970s …

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

W O'Brien, A Wagner, M Schweiker, A Mahdavi… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests
buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to …

Personal thermal comfort models with wearable sensors

S Liu, S Schiavon, HP Das, M **, CJ Spanos - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
A personal comfort model is an approach to thermal comfort modeling, for thermal
environmental design and control, that predicts an individual's thermal comfort response …

A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces

D Lai, Z Lian, W Liu, C Guo, W Liu, K Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban open spaces provide various benefits to large populations in cities. Since thermally
comfortable urban open spaces improve the quality of urban living, an increasing number of …

Influence of indoor environmental quality on human health and productivity-A review

I Mujan, AS Anđelković, V Munćan, M Kljajić… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main goal of this article is to review the state-of-the-art literature and establish a
connection between the factors that influence health and productivity in any given indoor …