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 …

Building occupants are continuously exposed to multiple indoor environmental stimuli,
including thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality related factors. Moreover, personal and …

Abstract Occupant-Centric Control and Operation (OCC) represents a transformative
approach to building management, integrating sensing of indoor environmental quality …

Technology alone will not achieve building energy conservation goals, and humans and
their energy-related behavior in buildings must be included in energy performance efforts …

Recent developments in information and communication technology have sparked the
notion of smart buildings; an example of which is occupant-centric control (OCC). In this …

More than 30% of the total primary energy in the world is consumed in buildings. It is crucial
to reduce building energy consumption in order to preserve energy resources and mitigate …

In commercial buildings, lighting contributes to about 20% of the total energy consumption.
Lighting controllers that integrate occupancy and luminosity sensors to improve energy …

The present paper illustrates the results of a literature review on occupants' behaviours,
assessing the actions' drivers. There is no general agreement about the reasons people …

Proper use of daylighting improves visual and thermal comfort in indoor environments and
minimizes dependency on artificial lighting, saving substantial amounts of energy …

This paper presents a data-driven literature review of human-building interaction (HBI),
which refers to the interaction between occupants and buildings. Through natural language …