A hierarchicalmodel predictive controller (HMPC) is proposed for flexible and sustainable building automation. The implications of a building automation system for sustainability are defined, and model predictive control is introduced as an ideal too...
The paper contains a description of the building model structures and fuzzy control strategy. The aim of work was to describe fuzzy logic applied to the temperature control approach. The Simulink model of a widely popular building automation was used...
Building energy consumption is still one of the main contributions to global carbon emissions. With the overall digitalization in the building sector, building automation and control systems (BACS) are to play a more important and key role in improvi...
Intelligent building management systems are proven to lead to energy savings and are an integral component of smart buildings. The procedures developed in the EN standards describe the methodology for calculating the energy savings achieved by improv...
Growing home comfort is causing increasing energy consumption in residential buildings and a consequent stress in urban medium and low voltage distribution networks. Therefore, distribution system operators are obliged to manage problems related to t...
A well-designed and properly operated building automation and control system (BACS) is key to attaining energy-efficient operation and optimal indoor conditions. In this study, three healthcare facilities of a different type, age, and use are conside...
This work shows the results of a research activity aimed at characterizing the energy habits of Italian residential users. In detail, by the energy simulation of a buildings sample, the opportunity to implement a demand/response program (DR) has been...
The transition towards energy-efficient and sustainable buildings is a cornerstone of global efforts to combat climate change. Building automation and control systems (BACSs), standardized under EN ISO 52120, and the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) h...
Faulty programming of control functions in Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) might result in inefficient building operations. To reduce programming errors, an automated implementation process of control functions might be a promising sol...
Over the decades, a rapidly changing climate has prompted the world’s most influential leaders and institutions to take action against such an imminent threat. The introduction of Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) concept, though, has barely t...
Smart building technologies and building automation and control systems (BACS) can offer a range of additional benefits beyond energy savings, in particular by improving building responsiveness to user needs. Although in recent years these technologi...
The increasing role of automation systems in energy-efficient buildings creates a need for simulation approaches that support standardized assessment already at the design stage. This paper presents a digital twin-based simulation framework that inte...
The digital transformation has paved the path for new services and efficient management across the value chain of the whole energy sector. For applications behind the meter, buildings stand out as a major contributor to energy consumption and corresp...
Energy used for lighting is one of the major components of total energy consumption in buildings. Nowadays, buildings have a great potential to reduce their energy consumption, but to achieve this purpose additional efforts are indispensable. In this...
Modern building automation systems implement plenty of advanced control and monitoring functions that consider various parameters like users’ activity, lighting, temperature changes, etc. Moreover, novel solutions based on the Internet of Thing...
This study proposes a deep learning model utilizing the BACnet (Building Automation and Control Network) protocol for the real-time detection of mechanical faults and security vulnerabilities in building automation systems. Integrating various machin...
Shading facilities are important technology to enable the adjustment of the indoor light and heat environment, and the control logic of the technology relies on data collected by sensors. The sensor position is generally arranged on the work surface,...
Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings by implementing building automation control strategies (BACS) besides building envelope and energy system retrofitting has been recommended by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)...
This research presents the design and implementation of a cascade Proportional–Integral (PI) controller tailored for a Variable Air Volume (VAV) system that was specially created and executed particularly for hospital operating rooms. The main...
Improving energy efficiency and increasing the level of intelligence are two main factors determining the current development trends for new and modernized buildings. They are especially important in the perspective of development of prosumer install...
Smart building services are increasingly realised through combinations of sensors, actuators, communication infrastructures, software platforms, analytics, and artificial intelligence-based functions. These configurations enable adaptive control, rea...
The existing literature on energy saving focuses on large-scale buildings, wherein the energy-saving potential is substantially larger than smaller-scale buildings. However, the research intensity is significantly less for small-scale deployments and...
Energy efficient prosumer microgrids (PMGs) with active and flexible demand side management (DSM) mechanisms are considered to be crucial elements of future smart grids. Due to an increasing share of renewable energy and the growing power demand, app...
In most cases, the benchmarking models of energy use in houses are developed based on current and past data, and they continue to be used without any update. This paper proposes the method of retraining of benchmarking models by applying machine lear...
This paper highlights the benefits and possible drawbacks of a DC-based lighting infrastructure for powering Light Emitting Diode (LED)-lamps. It also evaluates the efforts needed for integrating the so called smart lighting and other sensor/actuator...
The imperative for building managers, in the face of high-density urban environments, is to drive existing chiller plants to greater operational efficiency through the application of advanced technological interventions. The case for applying Supervi...
The present work proposes a simulation and control framework for home and building automation, focusing on heating, ventilating, and air conditioning processes. Control systems based on different advanced control architectures and different control p...
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) plays a vital role in occupant health and productivity. However, current Building Management Systems (BMS) often struggle in sustaining optimal IEQ levels due to limitations in data management and lack of occupant-c...
Light-emitting diodes (LED) fixtures and lamps have emerged as leading technologies for general illumination and are a well-established energy efficiency retrofit measure in commercial buildings (from around 2% of installed fixtures and lamps in 2013...
This article proposes a novel framework for the rapid implementation of automation programs in industrial heating and cooling systems. The global push for sustainability necessitates significant infrastructural transformations within these systems, w...
The construction industry faces a growing need for automation to reduce costs, improve accuracy and productivity, and address labor shortages. One area that stands to benefit significantly from automation is panelized prefabricated building envelope...
Seismic-induced torsional response remains a significant barrier to achieving resilient and sustainable building foundations, as traditional passive isolation systems often fail to regulate rotational motion effectively. This study examines an adapti...
Digital and intelligent buildings are critical to realizing efficient building energy operations and a smart grid. With the increasing digitalization of processes throughout the life cycle of buildings, data exchanged between stakeholders and between...
The energy challenges of overcoming climate change and economic and global political crises require not only the increased integration of renewable energies but also an optimisation of energy generation and use and, as a result, a reduction in energy...
Reducing building energy consumption is central to EU climate-neutrality targets and to sustainable development goals: buildings account for around 40% of EU final energy consumption, placing Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) at the intersect...
Increasing energy demand, decarbonization commitments, and growing expectations for thermal comfort are driving the need for more adaptive and efficient climate control in residential buildings. This review synthesizes contemporary intelligent HVAC c...
This study aims to provide an experimental assessment of energy consumption in an existing public building in Poland, in order to analyze the impact of occupant behavior on that consumption. The building is naturally ventilated and the occupants have...
Residential buildings are emerging as candidate spaces for the adoption of smart technologies, yet their specific needs and constraints remain underexplored compared to commercial settings. This review critically examines technologies that have alrea...
Energy-autonomous Internet of Things (IoT) nodes are becoming important components of distributed fieldbus and wireless networks used in building automation, industrial monitoring and wider smart systems. Their operation is constrained not only by th...
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for 60–70% of residential electricity consumption in Oman, where extreme desert climate, with temperatures regularly exceeding 45 °C create substantial cooling demands. Unlik...
The design and operation of multifunctional infrastructures for public lighting as well as their impact on the urban environment and citizens’ life is today of great interest. The cost of energy for public lighting is often an issue for the bud...
Recently, a growing interest has been observed in HVAC control systems based on Artificial Intelligence, to improve comfort conditions while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption. In this work, a model-free algorithm belonging to the Deep Reinforce...
In recent years, the AEC industry has increasingly sought sustainable solutions to enhance productivity and reduce environmental pollution, with wood emerging as a key renewable material due to its excellent carbon sequestration capability and low ec...
The article describes the design phase, development and practical application of a smart object integrated in a desk lamp and called “Smart Lamp”, useful to optimize the indoor thermal comfort and energy savings that are two important workplace issue...
The article describes the results of the project “open source smart lamp” aimed at designing and developing a smart object able to manage and control the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of the built environment. A first version of this smart objec...
As the importance of energy efficiency and smart readiness in the building sector has been on the rise, the financial evaluation of smart-ready technologies (SRTs) remains a gap in this field. This study introduces a methodology that comparatively ev...
Non-contact measurement of human skin temperature is an important area of research. Infrared temperature devices have played a critical role in measuring skin temperature without physical contact. Thermal cameras have also been employed for non-conta...
Smart-building systems need reliable sensing, long-term storage, and remote control, but many studies mix up fast network response with slow physical changes in the building. We report measurements from an openHAB deployment at University Lab 1 and U...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly applied to heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) control, whereas solar-radiation management still relies mainly on reactive strategies; whether AI capabilities validated in HVAC could be trans...
Indoor lighting systems are a significant contributor to building energy consumption while also directly affecting occupant comfort and circadian regulation. Recent advances in smart lighting have introduced adaptive and human-centric approaches; how...
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