DEMO: Web-CozyBench - A Web-Based Platform to Benchmark Thermal Comfort Provision Using Digital Twins

  • Jun Ma
  • , Aziz Boubaker
  • , Sabrine Azaiez
  • , Roberto Yus
  • , Georgios Bouloukakis

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Abstract

Providing individual thermal comfort to occupants while minimizing energy use is a significant challenge in smart building management. Simulation-based benchmarks such as CozyBench have been developed to evaluate occupant-centric thermal comfort provision systems using Digital Twin (DT) models of buildings and occupants. In this paper, we present Web-CozyBench, a web-based platform that extends CozyBench by offering an intuitive, user-friendly interface for configuring experiments, running co-simulations, and visualizing results. Web-CozyBench lowers the barrier to entry for researchers and practitioners to benchmark thermal comfort provision systems by eliminating the need to directly handle complex simulation configurations. We outline the system design of Web-CozyBench and demonstrate its usage through a step-by-step scenario. The demonstration showcases how users can easily set up building and occupant digital twins, select a control strategy, run the simulation, and analyze performance metrics such as comfort and energy efficiency through the web interface.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, SMARTCOMP 2025
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages240-242
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798331586461
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2025
Event11th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, SMARTCOMP 2025 - Cork, Ireland
Duration: 16 Jun 202519 Jun 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, SMARTCOMP 2025

Conference

Conference11th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, SMARTCOMP 2025
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityCork
Period16/06/2519/06/25

Keywords

  • HVAC
  • bench-marking
  • digital twin
  • thermal comfort

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