Authors:
Nastaran Asadi Zanjani
;
Georgios Lilis
;
Gilbert Conus
and
Maher Kayal
Affiliation:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Keyword(s):
Building Energy Management System, BEMS, Human-Building Interactions, HBI, Human-Building Interface, Smart Occupants, Smart Buildings, Smart Cities.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Energy and Economy
;
Internet-Enabled Infrastructures and Services
;
Service Innovation and Design to Support Smart Cities
;
Smart Cities
;
User-Centred and Participatory Design of Services and Systems for Smart Cities
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.