A Multidisciplanary Approach to Improve Energetic Performance in Smart Buildings

The building turns out to be an important source of energy savings that can not be ignored in the goal of reducing energy consumption. But it is impossible to save energy and to reduce the confort of the users. This paper outlines a new research program in which a STIC laboratory and a heat transfer laboratory work together to optimize the performance of existing buildings. It presents an original approach that combines research on new devices that can store heat, on management of various energy sources and thermal and electrochemical storage facilities, and an implication of user in the decision making process in order to take into account his/her feelings by a comprehensive knowledge of the subjective comfort notion.