Control systems for Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) in non-domestic buildings often operate to fixed schedules, assuming maximum occupancy during business hours. Since lower occupancies usually mean less ...
Measuring occupancy can facilitate energy efficiency in non-domestic buildings, when control systems are able to adjust heating and cooling based on demand rather than fixed schedules. The variable “occupancy profile” ...
An increasing cause of electricity use and greenhouse gas emissions is from IT equipment such as computers, printers, and servers, with worldwide computer use increasing from 1000 million PCs in 2006, to 1400 million in ...