As occupants and their behaviors are responsible for a significant share of energy consumption, it is important to gather occupancy information for operating infrastructures efficiently. In fact, gathering and understanding occupancy patterns are considered as grand challenges for smart buildings and cities. Capitalizing on the pervasiveness of mobile devices with… read more
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A critical review of field implementations of occupant-centric building controls
Our review paper on practical implementations of OCC applications is published in Building & Environment. This study is a first output of Subtask 4 of the IEA-EBC Annex 79 research project that is co-lead by IEL. Check it out this international collaboration between groups in Canada, Denmark, Switzerland and USA.… read more
Silver Paper Award at CISBAT 2019 in Lausanne!
Our awesome students Jose and Julien are heading to Switzerland to present our newest research at CISBAT 2019. We showcase progress in the following papers: Update: Jose received the Silver Paper Award for his work on deep neural networks!! [poster] Demir et al. “Embodied versus operational energy in residential and… read more