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Title: Modeling occupancy distribution in large building spaces for HVAC energy efficiency
Authors: Wang, W
Xu, X
Wei, HH 
Ren, B
Chen, J
Issue Date: 2018
Source: Energy procedia, 2018, v. 152, p. 1230-1235
Abstract: In large spaces, co-operative HVAC terminals are usually installed to provide services for different virtual thermal zones. The lack of high-resolution occupancy distribution in large spaces is often perceived as one of the main causes of underperformed HAVC systems. Current studies usually considered occupancy information of the whole space or room, such as occupancy count level, other than the zone-level occupancy distribution. Although the count of total occupants in space might stay constant, the actual occupancy distribution might be different, which will bring with different operations for each HVAC terminal. Therefore, to find out one high-resolution occupancy level, this research proposed the idea of integrating k-Means clustering and k Nearest Neighbors (kNN) classification algorithm to detect the occupancy distribution via the dual Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi signal technology networks. One experiment place was conducted in one indoor area of the typical office room at the City University of Hong Kong for measuring the signal distribution of BLE and Wi-Fi. In this study, the occupancy preference cluster could be mapped into the indoor thermal zones and three case studies are chosen for validation of occupant number confirmation in each thermal zone. Finally, zone occupancy based energy performance analysis was presented with the assistance of wireless sensors nodes to compare energy saving potential under actual occupancy distribution and detected occupancy distribution and the importance of zone occupancy information for the demand-driven control mechanism is stressed.
Keywords: Cluster-classification algorithm
HVAC energy efficiency
Occupancy distribution
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal: Energy procedia 
EISSN: 1876-6102
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.09.174
Description: CUE2018-Applied Energy Symposium and Forum 2018, Low carbon cities and urban energy systems, 5–7 June 2018, Shanghai, China
Rights: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The following publication Wang, W., Xu, X., Wei, H. H., Ren, B., & Chen, J. (2018). Modeling occupancy distribution in large building spaces for hvac energy efficiency. Energy Procedia, 152, 1230-1235 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.09.174
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