Energy Book for Buildings - Occupants Incorporation in Energy Efficiency of Buildings

Nastaran Asadi Zanjani, Georgios Lilis, Gilbert Conus, Maher Kayal

2015

Abstract

This paper addresses a bottom-up approach for energy management in buildings. Future smart cities will need smart citizens, thus developing an interface to connect humans to their energy usage becomes a necessity. The goal is to give a touch of energy to occupants’ daily behaviours and activities and making them aware of their decisions’ consequences in terms of energy consumption, its cost and carbon footprint. Second, to allow people directly interacting and controling their living spaces, that means individual contributions to their feeling of comfort. Finally, a software solution to keep track of all personal energy related events is suggested and its possible features are explained.

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in Harvard Style

Asadi Zanjani N., Lilis G., Conus G. and Kayal M. (2015). Energy Book for Buildings - Occupants Incorporation in Energy Efficiency of Buildings . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-105-2, pages 89-94. DOI: 10.5220/0005492000890094


in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens15,
author={Nastaran Asadi Zanjani and Georgios Lilis and Gilbert Conus and Maher Kayal},
title={Energy Book for Buildings - Occupants Incorporation in Energy Efficiency of Buildings},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2015},
pages={89-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005492000890094},
isbn={978-989-758-105-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - Energy Book for Buildings - Occupants Incorporation in Energy Efficiency of Buildings
SN - 978-989-758-105-2
AU - Asadi Zanjani N.
AU - Lilis G.
AU - Conus G.
AU - Kayal M.
PY - 2015
SP - 89
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0005492000890094