Seminar 49 -- Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation: Implementation Case Studies PDF

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Occupants are one of the greatest influences of building energy use. Even with modern automation, emerging evidence suggests that occupants are often dissatisfied with automation and may intervene. The IEA-EBC Annex 79 explores the tradeoff between building automation and manual systems to optimize occupant comfort and health, and energy efficiency. This seminar will in particular showcase subtask 4 of the Annex, which focuses on case studies and real world implementation of occupant-centric
control.

• 1. Clustering and Motif Identification-Based Occupant-Centric Control of an Air Handling Unit: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Implementation
  Brodie Hobson, Student Member and Burak Gunay, Ph.D., Associate Member, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• 2. Hvaclearn: A Reinforcement Learning Based Controller for Occupant Centric Thermostat Control
  June Young Park, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
• 3. An International Survey of Building Operators' Role in Occupant-Centric Building Operation: Preliminary Insights
  Michael Kane, Ph.D., Member, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
• 4. Spatial Optimization and Flex-Based Workspaces: A Big Opportunity for Occupant-Centric Building Controls and Operations?
  Clayton Miller, Ph.D., Member, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore