When one human views another, a significant amount of information is received on body language and facial expression. When analyzed, this information can provide valuable insight into how a person feels, and offer actionable intelligence on how to act, depending on objectives. As smart buildings strive to improve occupant health and wellbeing, there is no reason they can’t do the same thing. PhD researcher Mark Allen is exploring the idea of using video data to gauge occupant well-being in buildings. The aim is to use this information to enable building management systems to control indoor environments in ways that can help to maximises occupant well-being, productivity and creativity. “New developments in programs incorporating artificial intelligence could enable the well-being of building occupants to be actively monitored using the cameras in their own laptops. This could allow for the building to be controlled (even designed) in ways that help to maximise wellbeing,” says Allen. As part […]