RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluating diverse patterns of occupant behavior regarding control-based activities in energy performance simulation

  • Basak Gucyeter
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  • Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey

Received date: 23 Jul 2017

Accepted date: 13 Jan 2018

Published date: 22 Jun 2018

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2018 2018 The Author. Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Abstract

Simulation is recognized as an effective tool for building energy performance assessment during design orretrofit processes. Nevertheless, simulation models yield deviating outcomes from the actual building performance and a significant portion of this deviation originates from the dynamic nature of occupant behavior. Literature on occupant behavior indicates that occupant behavior is not integrated into building energy performance assessment procedures with appropriate resolution, instead they are acceptedas as sumedand fixed data sets that usually represent the presence of occupants. This study attempts to evaluate the effect of diverse patterns of occupant behavior on energy performance simulation for office buildings. Diverse levels of sensitivity of occupant behavior on control-based activities such as using lighting apparatus, adjusting thermostat settings, and presence in space are employed through three diverse occupant behavior patterns. These occupancy patterns are correlated with three identical office spaces simulated within a conceptual office building. EDSL Tas is used to run building energy performance simulations. Effects of occupant behavior patterns on simulation outcomes are compared for five sample winter and summer workdays, with respect to heating and cooling loads. Results present findings on how diversity of occupancy profiles influences the consumption outcomes.

Cite this article

Basak Gucyeter . Evaluating diverse patterns of occupant behavior regarding control-based activities in energy performance simulation[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2018 , 7(2) : 167 -179 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2018.03.002

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