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Using results from field surveys to predict the effect of open windows on thermal comfort and energy use in buildings
Hom Bahadur Rijal,Paul Gerard Tuohy,Michael Humphreys,J.F. Nicol,Aizaz Samuel,Joseph Andrew Clarke +5 more
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The research uses results from field surveys to formulate a method for simulation of office buildings to include the effects of window opening behaviour on comfort and energy use and finds that the proportion of windows open depends on indoor and outdoor conditions.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2007-07-01. It has received 519 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal comfort & Simulation software.read more
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Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges:
Da Yan,William O'Brien,Tianzhen Hong,Xiaohang Feng,H. Burak Gunay,Farhang Tahmasebi,Ardeshir Mahdavi +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art research, current obstacles and future needs and directions for the following four-step iterative process: (1) occupant monitoring and data collection, (2) model development, (3) model evaluation, and (4) model implementation into building simulation tools.
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User behavior in whole building simulation
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of user behavior on building performance has been evaluated further to assess requirements for design solutions to arrive at buildings that are more robust to the influence of user behaviour.
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The dark side of occupants’ behaviour on building energy use
O.T. Masoso,L.J. Grobler +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that more energy is used during non-working hours (56%) than during working hours (44%). This arises largely from occupants' behaviour of leaving lights and equipment on at the end of the day, and partly due to poor zoning and controls.
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Occupants' window opening behaviour: A literature review of factors influencing occupant behaviour and models
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical framework to deal with occupants' interactions with building controls, aimed at improving or maintaining the preferred indoor environmental conditions, is elaborated, which is used to look into the drivers for the actions taken by occupants (windows opening and closing) and investigate the existing models in literature of these actions for both residential and office buildings.
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A systematic procedure to study the influence of occupant behavior on building energy consumption
TL;DR: In this article, a new methodology for examining the influences of occupant behavior on building energy consumption is proposed based on a basic data mining technique (cluster analysis), where min-max normalization is performed as a data preprocessing step before clustering.
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Energy Simulation in Building Design
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in energy simulation in building design, including combined thermal/lighting and CFD simulation, advanced glazings, indoor air quality and photovoltaic components.
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Lightswitch-2002: a model for manual and automated control of electric lighting and blinds
TL;DR: A simulation algorithm is proposed that predicts the lighting energy performance of manually and automatically controlled electric lighting and blind systems in private and two-person offices and features four different user types to mimic variation in control behavior between different occupants.
Understanding the adaptive approach to thermal comfort
Humphreys,J.F. Nicol +1 more
TL;DR: The evaluation of the parameters of the adaptive model requires cross-sectional surveys to establish current norms and sequential surveys to evaluate the rapidity of people`s adaptive actions.
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Adding advanced behavioural models in whole building energy simulation: A study on the total energy impact of manual and automated lighting control
TL;DR: In this paper, a sub-hourly occupancy-based control model (SHOCC), which enables advanced behavioural models within whole building energy simulation, is presented. But the current downside of these approaches is that the whole building's energy impact of manual changes in blind settings and lighting use, including its effect on heating and cooling requirements, is not considered.
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Climate change impacts on building heating and cooling energy demand in Switzerland
TL;DR: In this article, the potential impacts of climate change on heating and cooling energy demand were investigated by means of transient building energy simulations and hourly weather data scenarios for the Zurich-Kloten location, which is representative for the climatic situation in the Swiss Central Plateau.