Building operations do not account for occupant behaviors

Commercial building operations need ways of identifying, measuring, anticipating and responding to occupant behaviors that affect operational outcomes. Occupant energy behaviors must be represented in a standard way in Building Automation System (BAS) user interfaces, and BAS systems must include capabilities for dynamically detecting occupancy and energy-related actions and assessing occupant comfort alongside building energy demand (possibly using existing data streams from buildings); these data can then be utilized in the optimization of operations. Supporting sensors and control algorithms must contain intrinsic capabilities of machine learning and signal processing to detect changes in building operations (whether facilities or occupant driven) and communicate actionable information to both parties.