WHO CONSTRUCT: ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Problem Statement:

The commercial building electrical tariff keeps on increasing every year.

Therefore there is a need to implement energy efficiency system in
commercial building in order to reduce monthly electrical expenditure of the

Sub research question:

what are the sources of Energy consumption?

Paper 1-Q1, 2020(cited 1)

Mofidi, F., & Akbar, H. (2020) studied on the overview of intelligent buildings.
Mofidi, F., & Akbar, H. (2020) highlighted on the source of energy consumption for
intelligent building is powered equipment for occupant comfort. Their study
suggested that optimized operation of intelligent building may provide an effective
balance between the supply of occupant comfort and the demand of energy
consumption. However, Mofidi, F., & Akbar,H. (2020) only focused on optimization
of the intelligent building’s operation by considering occupant comfort and energy
consumption; and did not provide solution on how to reduce the electrical
expenditure in commercial building. Therefore, based on Mofidi, F., & Akbar, H.
(2020) my study will focus on identify the sources of energy consumption in
commercial building that contributed towards increased in the energy consumption
and expenditure.

building tenant.
Intelligent buildings: An overview
Mofidi, F., & Akbar, H. (2020). Intelligent Buildings: An Overview. Energy and
Buildings, 110192.

By:Mofidi, F (Mofidi, Farhad)[ 1 ] ; Akbari, H (Akbari, Hashem)[ 1 ]

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Volume: 223
Article Number: 110192
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110192
Published:SEP 15 2020
Document Type:Article
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Abstract
The objective of this paper is to review the topics related to the optimized
operation of intelligent buildings with respect to occupant comfort and energy
consumption. To simultaneously optimize energy costs and indoor
environmental quality, intelligent buildings should consider several continuously
changing inputs including energy exchange processes across the building, sets
of indoor and outdoor environmental parameters, energy prices, occupants'
presence, preferences, and behavior inside the building. Therefore, a well-
structured framework supported by computational intelligence and optimization
methods, environmental monitoring, and behavior modeling techniques, as well
as comfort, productivity, and behavioral studies, are required to make optimal
decisions for the indoor environment. In this paper, the main concepts,
challenges, the latest studies, findings, and developments related to the six
topics of (1) Occupant comfort conditions; (2) Occupant productivity; (3) Building
control; (4) Computational optimization; (5) Occupant behavior modeling; (6)
Environmental monitoring and analysis, in offices, commercial and residential
buildings are reviewed. Moreover, future directions and challenges related to the
optimized operation of intelligent buildings are discussed. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V.
All rights reserved.
Keywords
Author Keywords:Intelligent building; Comfort; Energy
conservation; Integrated control; Optimization; Productivity; Behavior modeling
KeyWords Plus:INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL-QUALITY; PERSONALIZED
THERMAL COMFORT; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION
BEHAVIOR; MODEL-PREDICTIVE CONTROL; MULTIOBJECTIVE
OPTIMIZATION; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; 10
QUESTIONS; CONTROL-SYSTEMS; VISUAL COMFORT; NEURAL
COMPUTATIONS
Author Information
Reprint Address:
Concordia University - Canada Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm
Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada.

Corresponding Address: Akbari, H (corresponding author)

Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
Addresses:
 [1] Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada
E-mail Addresses:f_mofidi@encs.concordia.ca;
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
Journal Information
 Impact Factor: Journal Citation Reports
Categories / Classification
Research Areas:Construction & Building Technology; Energy & Fuels;
Engineering
Web of Science Categories: Construction & Building Technology; Energy &
Fuels; Engineering, Civil
Document Information
Language:English
Accession Number: WOS:000570250300023
ISSN: 0378-7788
eISSN: 1872-6178
Other Information
IDS Number: NP5XX
Cited References in Web of Science Core Collection: 275
Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 1