Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for 40% to 50% of energy usage in commercial buildings. Thus, innovative ways to control and manage HVAC systems while preserving occupants' comfort are required. State-of-the-art …
This paper presents a documentation and testing artifact for Co-zyBench, a benchmarking platform to evaluate and optimize thermal comfort provision systems in smart buildings. Co-zyBench is based on a co-simulation middleware that mediates between a …
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for a significant portion of energy consumption within buildings. In order to balance the effect of thermal comfort vis-a-vis energy savings, HVAC control strategies have been …