Towards a Framework for Inclusion of Digital Humanism in the Design and Operation of Smart Built Environments

The built environment significantly influences people's health, comfort, and productivity. With the rise of IoT and integration of AI solutions in smart environments, buildings have evolved into complex ecosystems, interacting with inhabitants and surrounding systems. Two challenges arise: a knowledge gap in understanding in-habitant behavior's impact on building systems and the need to address privacy concerns in AI-enabled environments. This research aims to explore these challenges through the lens of digital humanism, focusing on creating semantically enabled data spaces to model occupants' behavior, ensure privacy, and enhance communication between inhabitants and building services.