A Review of Approaches for Sensing, Understanding, and Improving Occupancy-Related Energy-Use Behaviors in Commercial Buildings

Buildings currently account for 30–40 percent of total global energy consumption. In particular, commercial buildings are responsible for about 12 percent of global energy use and 21 percent of the United States’ energy use, and the energy demand of this sector continues to grow faster than other se...

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Main Authors: Hamed Nabizadeh Rafsanjani, Changbum R. Ahn, Mahmoud Alahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/10/10996