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Arnab Chatterjee
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Related publications (11)
DIET Controller: Dynamic Indoor Environment using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems utilize much energy, accounting for 40% of total building energy use. The temperatures in buildings are commonly held within narrow limits, leading to higher energy use. Measurements from office bui ...
EPFL2023Energy, SBS symptoms, and productivity in Swiss open-space offices: Economic evaluation of standard, actual, and optimum scenarios
Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee, Cecile Anne Berquand
The fundamental aspiration of new-generation high-performing buildings is to reduce energy use while securing indoor environmental quality conducive to human health and productivity. However, existing frameworks for identifying Key Performance Indicators ( ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023Resolving indoor shortwave and longwave human body irradiance variations for mean radiant temperature and local thermal comfort
Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Mohamad Rida
A spatially and directionally resolved longwave and shortwave radiant heat transfer model is presented via a series of experiments in a thermal lab to input surface temperatures and geometries, as well as skin temperature readings from a human subject, in ...
2023Dynamic indoor thermal environment using Reinforcement Learning-based controls: Opportunities and challenges
Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee
Currently, the indoor thermal environment in many buildings is controlled by conventional control techniques that maintain the indoor temperature within a prescribed deadband. The latest research provides evidence that more dynamic variations of the indoor ...
2023Impact of Standard versus Tracked-based User Behavior into Energy Simulations of Open-Space Offices
Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee
This simulation-based study aimed to contribute to gaining knowledge on how much the deviation between occupant-related input by the national standard and by insitu measurements might impact predictions of heating/cooling needs in offices. Analysis was per ...
2023Reaching Thermal Comfort Zone Limits for Resilient Building Operation: A Winter Case Study for Offices
Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee
A specific range of acceptable indoor thermal conditions is stipulated by building performance standards to assure minimum dissatisfaction of occupants. Thus, the operation of buildings in practice tends to follow a cautious approach by setting the indoor ...
Routledge 2022Variation in Indoor Thermal Environmental Parameters in an Open Space Office
Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee
Building energy modelling is an indispensable component of today’s design method. However, as per research findings, real-life buildings could utilize almost twice the amount of their ideal energy performance. Thus, it is important to understand the variat ...
TU Delft2022Ray-tracing MRT and human thermophysiology model combination for local discomfort prediction
Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Mohamad Rida
Thermal comfort and discomfort based on the local sensation of different body parts have been an important development in thermal comfort studies from the past decade. The human thermophysiology model can be a handy tool to predict local skin and core temp ...
TU Delft2022eCOMBINE – Interaction between energy use, COMfort, Behaviour, and INdoor Environment in Office Buildings
Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee, Maria Viviana Gonzalez Serrano
This report presents the methodological approach and key findings of the eCOMBINE project (“Interaction between energy use, COMfort, Behaviour, and INdoor Environment in Office Buildings”). In this project, we develop an integrated approach to study the ca ...
SFOE - Swiss Federal Office of Energy2021Environmental preferences of occupants: A multi-domain approach in the Swiss open office case study
Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Arnab Chatterjee
Defining indoor environmental conditions that meet the needs and preferences of occupants in open space offices can be challenging since the same space might be occupied by people with different individual needs and preferences regarding what constitutes a ...
IOP Science2021