OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000557

Health and Energy Co-Optimization in Building Monitoring

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:04.571091Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000557
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

Systems and methods for health and energy co-optimization in building
monitoring are disclosed herein, including methods and systems for monitoring
a building and automatically identifying opportunities to realize energy
savings without comprising the health, comfort, and productivity of building
occupants. According to at least one aspect of the disclosure, machine
learning methods may be applied to sensor data indicating one or more
parameters related to indoor air quality (IAQ) of a building (such as carbon
dioxide data and indoor air temperature data) to determine an estimate of the
timing of building occupancy and an estimate of the timing of building
operations. Based on these estimates, various scenarios may be identified,
including time periods representing incidents of extended operations or
extended occupancy. In various implementations, recommendations may be
generated to adjust building systems based on the identified incidents and IAQ
performance indicators for the time period. For example, such recommendations
may be to change a mode of building operation at a particular time.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000557
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:04.571091Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000557