Matos, PauloRibeiro, Luís FrölénZakordonets, Oleksandr2022-02-072022-02-072022http://hdl.handle.net/10198/25029Mestrado de dupla diplomação com a Lutsk National Technical University - LNTUIn modern society, people spend around 90% of their time in buildings, thus indoor lighting condition plays an important role in determining inhabitants’ mood and health, as well as visual comfort. Window blinds and shading are ideal approaches to eliminate uncomfortable glare and save energy by utilizing natural daylight. In the work the following goals are defined 1) Getting the energy balance in closed rooms; 2) Given the energy balance from the 1, implement the decision procedure to close or open the blinds without human involvement; 3) Implement solution to identify human presence; 4) Identify humans to get the preferences; 5) Given the energy balance from the 1 and the human presence from 3, make a decision to close or open the blinds with human presenceengBlinds controlIndoor climate controlIndoor energy balanceEnergy savingmaster thesis202929035