A novel integrated method of fsQCA and digital design for sustainability monitoring and assessment in building energy management systems: a case study

The present study provides potentially interesting for researchers in the novel integrated method of the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and digital design methodology to apply in the field of energy and sustainability of socio-technical systems (STSs) used in the building energy management (BEM). The research sample is the air-conditioning system (ACS). The social and technical aspects of ACS are satisfaction and energy consumption. Ten sustainability criteria are applied to assess and monitor the fields of energy consumption and satisfaction with the aim of achieving sustainable consumption in the use of ACSs for BEM. This action can be carried out by nesting a circuit in a microprocessor and microcontroller for use in a building energy management system (BEMS). According to, the circuit obtained from the assessment of the study can be practically implemented and assembled in a BEMS as online. This work can define a sustainability-based BEMS.