Does telecommuting save energy? A critical review of quantitative studies and their research methods

W O'Brien, FY Aliabadi - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Teleworking has been widely perceived as a more sustainable mode of working for
knowledge workers compared to the status quo of commuting to centralized offices because …

The interaction between humans and buildings for energy efficiency: A critical review

T Harputlugil, P de Wilde - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Buildings consume energy for different purposes. One core function is to provide healthy
and comfortable living conditions for the humans that inhabit these buildings. The …

Multi-domain indoor environmental quality in buildings: A review of their interaction and combined effects on occupant satisfaction

Y Zhao, D Li - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupant satisfaction is influenced by the interaction and combined effects of multi-domain
indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in buildings. While there are literature reviews on multi …

Personal thermal comfort models using digital twins: Preference prediction with BIM-extracted spatial–temporal proximity data from Build2Vec

MM Abdelrahman, A Chong, C Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Conventional thermal preference prediction in buildings has limitations due to the difficulty in
capturing all environmental and personal factors. New model features can improve the …

Current trends and future challenges in the performance assessment of adaptive façade systems

S Attia, S Bilir, T Safy, C Struck, R Loonen, F Goia - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, a great number of innovative building envelope materials and
façade components have been developed. The majority of these technologies promise …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from 20 years of CBE's occupant surveys

LT Graham, T Parkinson, S Schiavon - Buildings & Cities, 2021 - journal-buildingscities.org
Buildings influence diverse factors (eg health, wellbeing, productivity, and social
connection). Occupants' direct experiences with their indoor environments allow them to …

On the understanding of the mean radiant temperature within both the indoor and outdoor environment, a critical review

H Guo, D Aviv, M Loyola, E Teitelbaum… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mean radiant temperature is central to our understanding of the radiant heat exchange
between the human body and surrounding environment. This paper will present a review of …

What is the “DNA” of healthy buildings? A critical review and future directions

H Liu, X Xu, VWY Tam, P Mao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, buildings that provide improved performance have
aroused extensive discussion. Nowadays, the connotation of healthy building is becoming …

[HTML][HTML] Towards an occupancy-oriented digital twin for facility management: Test campaign and sensors assessment

E Seghezzi, M Locatelli, L Pellegrini, G Pattini… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on calibration and test campaigns of an IoT camera-based sensor system
to monitor occupancy, as part of an ongoing research project aiming at defining a Building …

[HTML][HTML] Common sources of occupant dissatisfaction with workspace environments in 600 office buildings

T Parkinson, S Schiavon, J Kim… - Buildings & …, 2023 - journal-buildingscities.org
Previously unpublished data from over 600 office buildings in the Center for the Built
Environment (CBE) Occupant Survey database are used to perform a systematic analysis of …