(Conference paper) COMFORT-SENSE: An IoT-Enabled Smart Desk Hub for Personalized Environmental Control and Climate Intelligence

ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE2025)
May 11–14, 2025 – New Orleans, LA
Islam, M.S.; Norouziasl, S.; Jafari, A.
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486443.037

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What We Studied
This paper introduces COMFORT-SENSE, an IoT-enabled smart desk hub that allows personalized environmental control for occupants while generating climate intelligence data for energy-efficient building operations. By integrating desk-level fans, lighting, and multi-sensor feedback with centralized HVAC, the system advances occupant-centric control strategies.

Enables desk-level comfort control through a custom IoT device
Collects real-time environmental and occupancy data.
Provides a scalable framework for data-driven building energy management.

Key Takeaways

Enhances both thermal and visual comfort at the desk level.
Feeds into Model Predictive Control (MPC) for building HVAC optimization.
Demonstrates a practical pathway for people-centered smart buildings.

Cite This Work

APA

Islam, M. S., Norouziasl, S., & Jafari, A. (2026). COMFORT-SENSE: An IoT-enabled smart desk hub for personalized environmental control and climate intelligence. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2025 (pp. 328–338). American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486443.037

IEEE

M. S. Islam, S. Norouziasl, and A. Jafari, “COMFORT-SENSE: An IoT-enabled smart desk hub for personalized environmental control and climate intelligence,” in Computing in Civil Engineering 2025, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 328–338, 2026, doi: 10.1061/9780784486443.037.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{islam_comfort-sense_2026,
	address = {New Orleans, Louisiana},
	title = {{COMFORT}-{SENSE}: {An} {IoT}-{Enabled} {Smart} {Desk} {Hub} for {Personalized} {Environmental} {Control} and {Climate} {Intelligence}},
	isbn = {978-0-7844-8644-3},
	shorttitle = {{COMFORT}-{SENSE}},
	url = {https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784486443.037},
	doi = {10.1061/9780784486443.037},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2026-01-31},
	booktitle = {Computing in {Civil} {Engineering} 2025},
	publisher = {American Society of Civil Engineers},
	author = {Islam, Mohammad Sadequl and Norouziasl, Seddigheh and Jafari, Amirhosein},
	month = jan,
	year = {2026},
	pages = {328--338},
}

RIS

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AU  - Islam, Mohammad Sadequl
AU  - Norouziasl, Seddigheh
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DO  - 10.1061/9780784486443.037
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
SP  - 328
EP  - 338
LA  - en
PB  - American Society of Civil Engineers
SN  - 978-0-7844-8644-3
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Y2  - 2026/01/31/16:22:33
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