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Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing

A major challenge in the built environment is the integration of energy and indoor environmental quality in the optimization of existing buildings. The UK’s target of net-zero energy buildings by 2050 brings in the need to optimize existing buildings for energy efficiency and to provide better indoo...

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Main Authors: Joshua Vasudevan, Daniel Coakley, Charalampos Angelopoulos, Parag Rastogi, Olivia Nile Sobek, Graeme Jephson, Mahroo Eftekhari, Vanda Dimitriou
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21252267.v1
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author Joshua Vasudevan
Daniel Coakley
Charalampos Angelopoulos
Parag Rastogi
Olivia Nile Sobek
Graeme Jephson
Mahroo Eftekhari
Vanda Dimitriou
author_facet Joshua Vasudevan
Daniel Coakley
Charalampos Angelopoulos
Parag Rastogi
Olivia Nile Sobek
Graeme Jephson
Mahroo Eftekhari
Vanda Dimitriou
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description A major challenge in the built environment is the integration of energy and indoor environmental quality in the optimization of existing buildings. The UK’s target of net-zero energy buildings by 2050 brings in the need to optimize existing buildings for energy efficiency and to provide better indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The complications are the monitoring of the indoor environment for better indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort without compromising the energy efficiency of the building. This paper presents the use of high-density IEQ sensor data for real-time monitoring of the space for occupant comfort and air quality. The experiment takes place in an office building in Scotland where the IEQ sensors were installed. The initial results indicate that there is an uneven distribution of temperature in the office space and poor performance of IAQ in the meeting room during occupied hours. This paper describes the initial assessment of the office space for IAQ and thermal comfort using thresholds from ASHRAE and WELL standards for analyzing the quality of the space and discusses the future development of this framework for better thermal comfort and IAQ in the indoor environment.
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spelling rr-article-212522672022-05-05T00:00:00Z Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing Joshua Vasudevan (8484063) Daniel Coakley (13887453) Charalampos Angelopoulos (3135510) Parag Rastogi (13887456) Olivia Nile Sobek (13887459) Graeme Jephson (13887462) Mahroo Eftekhari (1248300) Vanda Dimitriou (1260564) Science & Technology Technology Construction & Building Technology Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering <p>A major challenge in the built environment is the integration of energy and indoor environmental quality in the optimization of existing buildings. The UK’s target of net-zero energy buildings by 2050 brings in the need to optimize existing buildings for energy efficiency and to provide better indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The complications are the monitoring of the indoor environment for better indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort without compromising the energy efficiency of the building. This paper presents the use of high-density IEQ sensor data for real-time monitoring of the space for occupant comfort and air quality. The experiment takes place in an office building in Scotland where the IEQ sensors were installed. The initial results indicate that there is an uneven distribution of temperature in the office space and poor performance of IAQ in the meeting room during occupied hours. This paper describes the initial assessment of the office space for IAQ and thermal comfort using thresholds from ASHRAE and WELL standards for analyzing the quality of the space and discusses the future development of this framework for better thermal comfort and IAQ in the indoor environment.</p> 2022-05-05T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/21252267.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Monitoring_Indoor_Environmental_Quality_IEQ_in_buildings_with_distributed_sensing/21252267 All Rights Reserved
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Joshua Vasudevan
Daniel Coakley
Charalampos Angelopoulos
Parag Rastogi
Olivia Nile Sobek
Graeme Jephson
Mahroo Eftekhari
Vanda Dimitriou
Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title_full Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title_fullStr Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title_short Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing
title_sort monitoring indoor environmental quality (ieq) in buildings with distributed sensing
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21252267.v1