Seminar 69 -- Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation: State of the Art and Challenges

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Occupants are one of the greatest influences of building energy use. Even with modern automation, emerging evidence suggests that occupants are often dissatisfied with automation and may intervene. The new IEA-EBC Annex 79 explores the tradeoff between building automation and manual systems to optimize occupant comfort and health, and energy efficiency. This seminar will cover an overview of the Annex research plan, showcase the state-of-the art, and highlight future research and standardization/guidelines. Our objective is to make this proposal a rolling seminar for the annual conference, adapted to specific tracks, to report the progress of the Annex.