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Enabling Green Building’s Comfort Using Information and Communication Technologies: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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The current environmental concerns increase the importance of sustainability in the construction industry. In this respect, information and communication technologies were identified to support automation and control systems promoting occupant’s comfort while safeguarding energy efficiency. In this study, a systematic review was performed to identify relevant applications supported by information and communications technologies with impact in the comfort of the occupants of green buildings. Results indicate that the scientific literature presents valuable arguments regarding the importance of information technologies to increase the occupant’s comfort and to minimize energy consumption of the modern green buildings.

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Acknowledgments

The present study was developed in the scope of the Smart Green Homes Project [POCI-01-0247 FEDER-007678], a co-promotion between Bosch Termotecnologia S.A. and the University of Aveiro. It is financed by Portugal 2020, under the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program, and by the European Regional Development Fund.

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    Ana Isabel Martins, Ana Carolina Oliveira Lima, Paulo Bartolomeu, Lucilene Ferreira Mouzinho & Joaquim Ferreira

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Martins, A.I., Lima, A.C.O., Bartolomeu, P., Mouzinho, L.F., Ferreira, J., Rocha, N.P. (2020). Enabling Green Building’s Comfort Using Information and Communication Technologies: A Systematic Review of the Literature. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1160. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_19

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