Birrer Edith HSLU T&A

Edith Birrer Edith Birrer

Senior Research Associate

Birrer Edith HSLU T&A

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture

Room P9
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw


Institute of Electrical Engineering IET

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Senior Research Associate

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Projects

Research projects

  • WILSON: Data-based solutions for sustainable operation and management of buildings and districts
  • Checkliste Behindertenrechtskonformität: Nutzendengerechte Digitalisierung
  • Strategische Forschung: KI im Gebäude
  • RecoveryFun
  • PRECARRHD
  • Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Quality of Life at the End of Life (QEoL)
  • CARU cares
  • FAST - FIT Algorithms for Smart Training
  • HiStory
  • BODYGUARD Proactive Dialog – proactive and sensor-triggered local dialog system
  • Vergrösserung der Wahlfreiheit von Unterstützung für Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen durch digitalisierte Lösungen
  • enerFACEpredict - energy consumtion prediction with human interaction
  • OpOSaD - Optimized Operation of self-aware Devices
  • Ella4Life
  • SmartNIALMeter – Smart Load Disaggregation with Smart Meter
  • NILM for load and peak load management
  • Cyber-Human System to Optimize Medication in Parkinson Patients
  • My Life, my Way
  • SAM & Me
  • zocAALo
  • Living Well wiht Anne
  • HANNA
  • REVOLUTION
  • Demand-Response
  • YouDo
  • INSPIRATION
  • DALIA
  • BUTLER - uBiquitous, secUre inTernet-of-things with Location and contEx-awaReness

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Birrer, Edith; Picard, Cyril; Huber Mittler, Patrick; Bolliger, Daniel & Klapproth, Alexander (2017). Demand response optimized heat pump control for service sector Buildings: A Modular Framework for Simulation and Building Operation. Computer Science Research and Developement, Vol 32(Issue 1-2), 25-34. doi: 10.1007/s00450-016-0320-9

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Birrer, Edith (10.12.2018). Energie sinnvoll nutzen. Jahrbuch Intelligentes Wohnen 2019, 1.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Andrushevich, Aliaksei; Biallas, Martin; Birrer, Edith; Bolliger, Daniel; Kistler, Rolf; Klapproth, Alexander & Rumsch, Andreas (2017). Living Safely and Actively in and Around the Home: Four Applied Examples from Avatars and Ambient Cubes to Active Walkers. In Ingrid Kollak (Hrsg.), Safe at Home with Assistive Technology (S. 5-30). Cham: Springer.
  • Birrer, Edith; Bolliger, Daniel; Kyburz, Rainer; Klapproth, Alexander & Summermatter, Samuel (2015). Load Shift Potential Analysis Using Various Demand Response Tariff Models on Swiss Service Sector Buildings. In Paolo Bertoldi, Andrea De Luca (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (S. 1388-1402). Italy: Joint Research Centre, European Union.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Birrer, Edith; Calatroni, Alberto; Camenzind, Martin; Imboden, Christoph; Paice, Andrew & Rumsch, Andreas (2021). SINA – Smart Interoperability Architecture. An architecture fostering the interoperability between smart building technology from different manufacturers and smart grid infrastructure to enable new business models for energy services (arXiv).

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Biallas, Martin; Birrer, Edith & Nieke, Clemens (08.07.2024). Workshop with cognitively impaired persons evaluating a website redesign using a clickable mock-up. 16th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), Paris.
  • Biallas, Martin & Birrer, Edith (28.07.2022). Intelligent Voice Assistants in home care: an initial overview on requirements, hopes and fears of professionals. 15th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), Melbourne, Australia.