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big data transmission among various sensors and processes at the Bems controller (figure 4).
there are many factors that affect the quality of human
performance in a building; however, we only consider those
factors in a building that cause changes in human behavior. among building energy and environmental management issues, decoration and internal architecture are two
of the most critical elements that affect an individual's satisfaction as well as personal learning and creativity; these
characteristics should be considered during the building
design and construction stage. Primary designs, such as a
building location and external landscape, represent longterm properties that usually stay unchanged throughout
the life of a building. While design factors remain rigid,
employees' comfort level and psychological status are variable factors that will not be counted among controllable

building parameters. a typical human may engage in different daily tasks that may be influenced by building conditions and parameters. for instance, an employee
participating in a task that requires a certain level of concentration, would prefer a building design with cold lights
up to 6,000 K, whereas an employee engaged with a creative job may require warm colors for lights up to 3,000 K.
however, it is conceivable that such parameters would not
be considered at the building design stage.
Despite the static design of building structures, some
building parameters, including lighting color and intensity;
building temperature, humidity, public monitors, and displays; and multimedia screens can be dynamically adjusted
with respect to employees' physical and behavioral conditions, tasks, and organizational responsibilities. for instance,
in winter months, displays can portray images of a hot cup

- The integration of the IoT concept with BEMSs
will extend the functionality of BEMSs.
- An IoT-enabled BEMS transforms the centralized control
system over a building to a remote-distributed type.
- Data sources, actuators, and controllers will evolve into
the same types.
- The IoT framework will provide the BEMS with an
opportunity to integrate other functionalities, such as
an occupant's environmental performance enhancement.

Proposed Framework for
the Evolution of a BEMS

IoT

BEMS

- The centralized control and monitoring of the BEMS will
reduce energy charges for performing specific building
functions.
- Sensors are dedicated to explicit functions with limited
access to building data and functionalities.
- The accuracy and efficacy of the BEMS will be promoted
significantly if the quality and quantity of data are
increased.
- To perform its objectives, the BEMS cannot individually
cope with big data collection and processing
individually.

HiTLCPS

- The performance and productivity of building occupants
depends on environmental comfort.
- In an IoT-enabled BEMS, a suitable opportunity is
provided to integrate the humans in BEMS control loops
to shift the static and standalone architecture of
conventional BEMSs to an adaptive type, which
dynamically considers the real-time mood and behavior
of occupants.
- HiTLCPS applications best fit this integration to take
advantage of a human with erratic behavior as a
component in the building management control loops.

Figure 4. A BEMS framework integrated with the IoT and an HiTLCPS to perform enhanced building functionalities.

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