# Paper: An integration of HB+EMS to assess automated shading control scenarios

**URL:** <https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/paper-an-integration-of-hb-ems-to-assess-automated-shading-control-scenarios/14461>\
**Category:** publications\
**Tags:** daylight, energyplus, honeybee\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/paper-an-integration-of-hb-ems-to-assess-automated-shading-control-scenarios/14461 "2021-05-12T04:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![AMIRTABADKANI](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/user_avatar/discourse.ladybug.tools/amirtabadkani/32/155_2.png) [@AMIRTABADKANI](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/AMIRTABADKANI)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/paper-an-integration-of-hb-ems-to-assess-automated-shading-control-scenarios/14461/1 "2021-05-12T04:13:55Z")

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Dear Ladybug community,

I would like to share my latest publication entitled “Analysis of the impact of automatic shading control scenarios on occupant’s comfort and energy load” in Applied Energy (IF: 8.84). This paper aims to compare five different open-loop and closed-loop automated shading controls and their impacts on occupant’s thermal/visual comfort and energy loads in an air-conditioned single office space through a brute-force approach. The simulations were done by creating a live linkage between Honeybee and EMS of EnergyPlus for a parametric study.

Highlights:  
•Conducting a brute-force method to assess the impact of automated shading controls in 9 climate zones across the world  
•Three environmental parameters are significantly effective on results.  
•Higher improvements are observed in cities with high environmental variations.  
•In the case of targeting a single objective an open-loop control mechanism performed better.  
•Activation thresholds have the least impact on indoor operative temperature.

Access to the article:  
[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116904](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116904)

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**Author:** ![mostapha](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/user_avatar/discourse.ladybug.tools/mostapha/32/15244_2.png) [@mostapha](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/mostapha)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/paper-an-integration-of-hb-ems-to-assess-automated-shading-control-scenarios/14461/2 "2021-05-26T22:39:20Z")

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**Author:** ![letmegraduate](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/user_avatar/discourse.ladybug.tools/letmegraduate/32/31824_2.png) [@letmegraduate](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/letmegraduate)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/paper-an-integration-of-hb-ems-to-assess-automated-shading-control-scenarios/14461/3 "2023-05-23T04:46:54Z")

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hi, dear @AMIR TABADKANI recently i read your paper, which is an amazing work. I also need to do research about automated shading control, if I I don’t bother you, I would like to ask you a few questions.

1. I am new to ems, i wonder can you recommend some learning resources for me? and how can you make a connection between lbt and ems?
2. for automated shading, except ems, is there any other method we can achieve automatic control?  
many thanks for your time