Intelligent buildings have drawn considerable attention due to rapid progress in
communication and information technologies. These buildings can utilize current and …

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems account for almost half of the
energy consumption in buildings. By benefiting from advancements in information and …

Occupant behavior is now widely recognized as a major contributing factor to uncertainty of
building performance. While a surge of research on the topic has occurred over the past four …

The accuracy of the prediction of occupancy in an office room using data from light,
temperature, humidity and CO 2 sensors has been evaluated with different statistical …

In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and
actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power …

Occupant behavior is nowadays acknowledged as a main source of discrepancy between
predicted and actual building performance; therefore, researchers attempt to model …

The processes of digital transformation have involved a variety of socio-technical activities,
with the objective of increasing productivity, safety and quality of execution, sustainable …

The reliability, security, and sustainability of energy generation and supply are of global
importance and the building sector accounts for up to 32% of total energy consumption …

Urban building energy models aspire to become key planning tools for the holistic
optimization of buildings, urban design, and energy systems in neighborhoods and districts …

Energy models are valuable tools that are commonly employed for the optimal design of
distributed energy systems (DES). However, the model-based design process of DES can …