Smart Building Technologies in Response to COVID-19

Xiaoxiong Xie, Seeram Ramakrishna and Matteo Manganelli
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Xiaoxiong Xie: Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Seeram Ramakrishna: Center for Nanotechnology & Sustainability, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
Matteo Manganelli: Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-23

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on society. Scientists are working to mitigate the impact in many ways. As a field closely related to human life, building engineering can make a great contribution. In this article, we started with the concept of the smart building as our guide. The impact of COVID-19 on daily energy consumption, information and communication technology, the ventilation of the interior environment of buildings, and the higher demand for new energy technologies such as electric vehicles is an entry point. We discuss how the concept of the smart building and related technologies (refrigeration, measurement, sensor networks, robotics, local energy generation, and storage) could help human society respond to the pandemic. We also analyze the current problems and difficulties that smart buildings face and the possible future directions of this technology.

Keywords: smart building; building automation; ICT; energy consumption; robotics; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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