Exploring cyber-physical-human systems through Living laboratories

It is well-known that the building sector is crucial for sustainability and energy policy, and at the same time it has become clear that building occupants are an increasingly critical factor in the research focused on building automation. To achieve a balance between comfort and efficiency, it is essential to establish synergies between building design, building climate control, and occupants' or citizens' needs, effectively modeling buildings as cyber-physical-human systems (CPHS).  

A key site of application of this research is living laboratories, where new technologies can be designed and tested to ensure the sustainability of the built environment. Although the concept of living laboratories is widely adopted, their use by academia remains limited and the industry-academia collaborations within the control research community have been challenging. 

This workshop aims to bring together experts from the control, energy, and building systems communities, in order to:

1. Identify the present status of building demonstrators and living laboratories;

2. Identify research challenges and opportunities in connection with living laboratories, and discuss methodologies to address them;

3. Encourage interest towards building demonstrators, through interactive sessions and a visit to the KTH Live-in Lab.

Keywords: smart building demonstrators, building living labs, cyber-physical-human systems (CPHS), control and energy policy, building automation, sustainability

Detailed information about the presenters can be found at this page.

See detailed program at this page

8:30–8:40: Welcome

8:40–9:20: Talk by Tariq Samad

9:20–10:00: Talk by Alessandra Parisio

10:00–10:30: Coffee break

10:30–11:10: Talk by Mathias Hudoba de Badyn

11:10–12:10: Kickoff: Presentation of different living labs. 

11:10–11:25: Mathias Hudoba de Badyn

11:25–11:40: Matthew Deakin

11:40–11:55: Pulkit Nahata

11:55–12:10: Benjamin Sawicki

12:10–13:30: Lunch

13:30–13:40: Walk to the KTH Live-In Lab (see location)

13:45–14:15: Interactive session - Demo (NEST + KTH)

14:15–15:00: Visit to KTH Live in Lab

15:00–15:30: Coffee break and conclusive remarks

For further information or questions on the workshop, please contact Angela Fontan at angfon@kth.se (angfon {at} kth {dot} se)