A Sense Diary System for Intelligent Buildings

This paper presents a novel device called Sense Diary for intelligent buildings. To introduce the new device and its applied system, a brief review of sensor-based systems applied in buildings has been conducted, which is based on current literature and products. The aim of this review is to understand current research and development situation of sensor-based systems that have been developed for all kinds of buildings and their systems across the world, and to further identify specific research tasks for an UK government EPSRC funded project focusing on innovative solutions of building façade systems. For acquiring the knowledge of sensor-based systems for buildings, some target information sources have been subjectively chosen. According to the literature and products review, several key research tasks of a Sense Diary System have been identified and discussed. It is concluded that the proposed Sense Diary and its applied system have advantages in balancing well-being and energy efficiency in buildings.