Occupancy in Buildings

Buildings are the primary cause of Greenhouse Gases due to the emissions from generating the power to cool and heat buildings. A key opportunity to reduce the energy consumption of buildings is to only treat the areas of a building that are occupied at the moment. This work seeks to improve our understanding of the human use of buildings.

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Lee, B., Lee, M., Zhang, P., Tessier, A., Saakes, D., Khan, A. (2020). Socio-Spatial Comfort: Using Vision-based Analysis to Inform User-Centred Human-Building Interactions. CSCW 2020, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), 33 pages.

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Lee, B., Lee, M., Zhang, P., Tessier, A., Khan, A. (2019). An Empirical Study of how Socio-Spatial Formations are influenced by Interior Elements and Displays in an Office Context. CSCW 2019, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), 26 pages.

Semantic Human Activity Annotation Tool Using Skeletonized Surveillance Videos [Demo]

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Lee, B., Lee, M., Zhang, P., Tessier, A., Khan A. (2019) Semantic Human Activity Annotation Tool Using Skeletonized Surveillance Videos. ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. 4 pages.

Skeletonographer: Skeleton-based Digital Ethnography Tool [Demo]

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Lee, B., Lee, M., Zhang, P., Tessier, A., Saakes, D., Khan A. (2019) Skeletonographer: Skeleton-based Digital Ethnography Tool. CSCW '19: Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. pp. 14-17.

Occupancy Visualization towards Activity Recognition

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Tessier, A., Breslav, S., Walmsley, K., Lee, M., Larsen, H., Bibliowicz, J., Zhang, P., Calin, L., Lee, B., Cameron, J., Goldstein, R., Khan, A. (2019). Occupancy Visualization towards Activity Recognition. 1st ACM Workshop on Device-Free Human Sensing, BuildSys 2019. 4 pages.

Toward a Multi-Level and Multi-Paradigm Platform for Building Occupant Simulation

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Schaumann, D., Moon, S., Usman, M., Goldstein, R., Breslav, S., Khan, A., Faloutsos, P., Kapadia, M. (2019). Toward a Multi-Level and Multi-Paradigm Platform for Building Occupant Simulation. SimAUD 2019 Conference proceedings: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. 8 pages.

JOIN: An Integrated Platform for Joint Simulation of Occupant-building Interactions

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Schaumann, D., Moon, S., Usman, M., Goldstein, R., Breslav, S., Khan, A., Faloutsos, P., Kapadia, M. (2019). JOIN: An Integrated Platform for Joint Simulation of Occupant-building Interactions. Architectural Science Review, September 2019, Published Online. 12 pages.

The Workplace App: Toward Continuous Office Space Improvement

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Larsen, H., Glueck, M., White, T., Nogueira, A., Khan, A. (2018). The Workplace App: Toward Continuous Office Space Improvement. ACM SIGCHI Workshop: Living Labs: Measuring Human Experience in the Built Environment. 5 pages.

Simulating the Behavior of Building Occupants using Multi-agent Narratives: A Preliminary Study in a Generic Hospital Ward

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Schaumann, D., Breslav, S., Goldstein, R., Khan, A., Kalay, Y.E. (2017). Simulating the Behavior of Building Occupants using Multi-agent Narratives: A Preliminary Study in a Generic Hospital Ward. BS 2017 Conference proceedings: International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association. 10 pages.

Simulating Use Scenarios in Hospitals using Multi-Agent Narratives

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Schaumann, D., Breslav, S., Goldstein, R., Khan, A., Kalay, Y.E. (2017). Simulating Use Scenarios in Hospitals using Multi-Agent Narratives. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. 17 pages.

Coupling Stochastic Occupant Models to Building Performance Simulation Using the Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) Formalism

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Gunay, B., O'Brien, W., Beausoleil-Morrison, I., Goldstein, R., Breslav, S., Khan, A. (2014). Coupling Stochastic Occupant Models to Building Performance Simulation Using the Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) Formalism. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. 7(6). pp. 457-478.

Towards Visualization of Simulated Occupants and their Interactions with Buildings at Multiple Time Scales

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Breslav, S., Goldstein, R., Tessier, A., Khan, A. (2014). Towards Visualization of Simulated Occupants and their Interactions with Buildings at Multiple Time Scales, SimAUD 2013 Conference Proceedings: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. 8 pages.

Space Layout in Occupant Behavior Simulation

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Goldstein, R., Tessier, A., Khan, A. (2011). Space Layout in Occupant Behavior Simulation, Building Simulation 2011 Conference Proceedings: IBPSA-AIRAH Building Simulation Conference. 8 pages.


Sensor-enabled Cubicles for Occupant-centric Capture of Building Performance Data

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Attar, R., Hailemariam, E., Breslav, S., Khan, A., Kurtenbach, G. (2011). Sensor-enabled Cubicles for Occupant-centric Capture of Building Performance Data. ASHRAE 2011 Annual Conference Proceedings: ASHRAE. 8 pages.


Real-Time Occupancy Detection using Decision Trees with Multiple Sensor Types

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Hailemariam, E., Goldstein, R., Attar, R., Khan, A. (2011). Real-Time Occupancy Detection using Decision Trees with Multiple Sensor Types. SimAUD 2011 Conference Proceedings: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. 8 pages.


Schedule-Calibrated Occupant Behavior Simulation

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Goldstein, R., Tessier, A., Khan, A. (2010). Schedule-Calibrated Occupant Behavior Simulation. SimAUD 2010 Conference Proceedings: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. pp. 3-10.


Customizing the Behavior of Interacting Occupants using Personas

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Goldstein, R., Tessier, A., Khan, A. (2010). Customizing the Behavior of Interacting Occupants using Personas. SimBuild 2010 Conference Proceedings: IBPSA-USA SimBuild Conference. pp. 252-259.