Human-in-the-loop HVAC operations: A quantitative review on occupancy, comfort, and energy-efficiency dimensions

W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems account for almost half of the
energy consumption in buildings. By benefiting from advancements in information and …

[HTML][HTML] Human physiology for personal thermal comfort-based HVAC control–A review

DI Bogatu, J Shinoda, JJ Aguilera, BW Olesen… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Standardized methods for thermal comfort assessment already exist, namely the predicted
mean vote (PMV) and the adaptive comfort model, both valid for groups of people. To …

A hybrid deep transfer learning strategy for thermal comfort prediction in buildings

N Somu, A Sriram, A Kowli, K Ramamritham - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the thermal condition of living spaces affects the occupants' productivity and their
quality of life, it is important to design effective heating, ventilation and air conditioning …

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

T Yang, A Bandyopadhyay, Z O'Neill, J Wen, B Dong - Building simulation, 2022 - Springer
Occupants are the core of the built environment. Traditional heating, ventilation, and air-
conditioning (HVAC) systems operate with predefined schedules and maximum occupancy …

Comparative assessment of HVAC control strategies using personal thermal comfort and sensitivity models

W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Research efforts have demonstrated the potentials of improving the performance of Heating,
Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems by leveraging personalized thermal …

Robust non-intrusive interpretation of occupant thermal comfort in built environments with low-cost networked thermal cameras

D Li, CC Menassa, VR Kamat - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
About 40% of the energy produced globally is consumed within buildings, primarily for
providing occupants with comfortable work and living spaces. However, despite the …

Energy saving potentials of integrating personal thermal comfort models for control of building systems: Comprehensive quantification through combinatorial …

W Jung, F Jazizadeh - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Research studies provided evidence on the energy efficiency of integrating personal thermal
comfort profiles into the control loop of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) …

Fair-iot: Fairness-aware human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning for harnessing human variability in personalized iot

S Elmalaki - Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Thanks to the rapid growth in wearable technologies, monitoring complex human context
becomes feasible, paving the way to develop human-in-the-loop IoT systems that naturally …

[HTML][HTML] Heat flux sensing for machine-learning-based personal thermal comfort modeling

W Jung, F Jazizadeh, TE Diller - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, physiological features have gained more attention in develo** models of
personal thermal comfort for improved and accurate adaptive operation of Human-In-The …

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control by range-Doppler and micro-Doppler radar sensor

E Cardillo, C Li, A Caddemi - 2021 18th European Radar …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a radar-based system for the buildings' heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) control is proposed. Although a great effort was devoted to improving …