TY - GEN
T1 - On the complexity of smart buildings occupant behavior
T2 - 8th Balkan Conference in Informatics, BCI 2017
AU - Lazarova-Molnar, Sanja
AU - Mohamed, Nader
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/9/20
Y1 - 2017/9/20
N2 - Smart buildings are run by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), termed as Building Management Systems (BMS). Typical goals for the operation of BMS are increasing occupant comfort and decreasing buildings energy consumption. The central and critical figure, however, for achieving both goals are buildings' occupants. In some BMS, occupants have a high level of interaction with the system, whereas in others this is limited to a large extent, barring occupants from even opening windows. Every interaction, however, is a form of feedback, which in some cases poses a risk, whereas in others, it is an opportunity to discover issues in the system. In this paper we aim to emphasize the complexity of buildings' occupants' behaviour and interactions with BMS. We further aim to identify the risks and opportunities that these interactions pose with respect to the circumstances that lead to them and their impact towards achieving BMS' goals. We, furthermore, provide classification of occupant interactions based on their circumstances and relate this to their meanings with respect to BMS goals.
AB - Smart buildings are run by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), termed as Building Management Systems (BMS). Typical goals for the operation of BMS are increasing occupant comfort and decreasing buildings energy consumption. The central and critical figure, however, for achieving both goals are buildings' occupants. In some BMS, occupants have a high level of interaction with the system, whereas in others this is limited to a large extent, barring occupants from even opening windows. Every interaction, however, is a form of feedback, which in some cases poses a risk, whereas in others, it is an opportunity to discover issues in the system. In this paper we aim to emphasize the complexity of buildings' occupants' behaviour and interactions with BMS. We further aim to identify the risks and opportunities that these interactions pose with respect to the circumstances that lead to them and their impact towards achieving BMS' goals. We, furthermore, provide classification of occupant interactions based on their circumstances and relate this to their meanings with respect to BMS goals.
KW - Classification
KW - Occupant Behavior
KW - Opportunities
KW - Risks
KW - Smart buildings
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U2 - 10.1145/3136273.3136274
DO - 10.1145/3136273.3136274
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85032462996
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Proceedings of the 8th Balkan Conference in Informatics, BCI 2017
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 20 September 2017 through 23 September 2017
ER -