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SUMMARY:Capturing Occupant Well-being - Mark Allen\, PhD Candidate\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge
DTSTART:20180119T150000Z
DTEND:20180119T160000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Interest in health and well-being has increased dramatically i
 n recent years\, with the rise of smart phones\, smart watches and other h
 ealth related devices. This interest is mirrored in buildings\, from offic
 e based businesses looking at ways to gain an edge on their competitors (s
 ee Google’s head office)\, to hospitals trying to lower costs through re
 duced patient recovery times. Within the design and control of buildings h
 owever\, there exists a lack of clarity and evidence as to what exactly co
 nstitutes good ‘design for well-being’. Further\, the well-being of bu
 ilding occupants can sometimes suffer as a result of energy saving design 
 and control strategies. The overarching idea behind this research project 
 is to create a ‘well-being sensor’ that operates in a similar manner t
 o a temperature or CO2 sensor. It will utilise a web-cam\, located atop an
  occupant’s computer monitor and provide constant data on the well-being
  of that occupant. To infer well-being levels from the video data\, a vari
 ety of existing soft-wares will be used to analyse the emotions from both 
 video and speech\, as well as general posture and activity. The findings w
 ill not only help provide data and evidence supporting good ‘design for 
 well-being’\, but could also be applied to building control systems to v
 ary building parameters with the aim of maximising occupant well-being\, p
 roductivity and creativity.
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR3A
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