Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations

Zoltan Nagy; Burak Gunay; Clayton Miller; Jakob Hahn; Mohamed M. Ouf; Seungjae Lee; Brodie W. Hobson; Tareq Abuimara; Karol Bandurski; Maíra André; Clara Larissa Lorenz; Sarah Crosby; Bing Dong; Zixin Jiang; Yuzhen Peng; Matteo Favero; June Young Park; Kingsley Nweye; Pedram Nojedehi; Helen Stopps; Lucile Sarran; Connor Brackley; Katherine Bassett; Krissy Govertsen; Nicole Koczorek; Oliver Abele; Emily Casavant; Michael Kane; Zheng O'Neill; Tao Yang; Julia Day; Brent Huchuk; Runa T. Hellwig; Marika Vellei

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110518

Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations

Zoltan Nagy, Burak Gunay, Clayton Miller, Jakob Hahn, Mohamed M. Ouf, Seungjae Lee, Brodie W. Hobson, Tareq Abuimara, Karol Bandurski, Maíra André, Clara Larissa Lorenz, Sarah Crosby, Bing Dong, Zixin Jiang, Yuzhen Peng, Matteo Favero, June Young Park, Kingsley Nweye, Pedram Nojedehi, Helen StoppsLucile Sarran, Connor Brackley, Katherine Bassett, Krissy Govertsen, Nicole Koczorek, Oliver Abele, Emily Casavant, Michael Kane, Zheng O'Neill, Tao Yang, Julia Day, Brent Huchuk, Runa T. Hellwig, Marika Vellei

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Occupant-Centric Control and Operation (OCC) represents a transformative approach to building management, integrating sensing of indoor environmental quality, occupant presence, and occupant-building interactions. These data are then utilized to optimize both operational efficiency and occupant comfort. This paper summarizes the findings from the IEA-EBC Annex 79 research program's subtask on real world implementations of OCC during the past 5 years. First, in Q1 and Q2, we provide a definition and categorization of OCC. Q3 addresses the role of building operators for OCC, while Q4 describes the implications for designers. Then, Q5 and Q6 discuss the role and possibilities of OCC for load flexibility, and for pandemic induced paradigm shifts in the built environment, respectively. In Q7, we provide a taxonomy and selection process of OCC, while Q8 details real world implementation case studies. Finally, Q9 explains the limits of OCC, and Q10 provides a vision for future research opportunities. Our findings offer valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, contributing to the ongoing discourse on the future of building operations management.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	110518
Journal	Building and Environment
Volume	242
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110518
State	Published - Aug 15 2023

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Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Geography, Planning and Development
Building and Construction

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Nagy, Z., Gunay, B., Miller, C., Hahn, J., Ouf, M. M., Lee, S., Hobson, B. W., Abuimara, T., Bandurski, K., André, M., Lorenz, C. L., Crosby, S., Dong, B., Jiang, Z., Peng, Y., Favero, M., Park, J. Y., Nweye, K., Nojedehi, P., ... Vellei, M. (2023). Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations. Building and Environment, 242, Article 110518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110518

Nagy, Z, Gunay, B, Miller, C, Hahn, J, Ouf, MM, Lee, S, Hobson, BW, Abuimara, T, Bandurski, K, André, M, Lorenz, CL, Crosby, S, Dong, B, Jiang, Z, Peng, Y, Favero, M, Park, JY, Nweye, K, Nojedehi, P, Stopps, H, Sarran, L, Brackley, C, Bassett, K, Govertsen, K, Koczorek, N, Abele, O, Casavant, E, Kane, M, O'Neill, Z, Yang, T, Day, J, Huchuk, B, Hellwig, RT & Vellei, M 2023, 'Ten questions concerning occupant-centric control and operations', Building and Environment, vol. 242, 110518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110518

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