Intelligent Residential Buildings and the Behaviour of the Occupants by Pedro F. Pereira & Nuno M. M. Ramos & João M. P. Q. Delgado

Author:Pedro F. Pereira & Nuno M. M. Ramos & João M. P. Q. Delgado
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030001605
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

2.3.3 Assessment of the Impacts of the Occupants

As shown in Fig. 2.2, there is a discrepancy between the behaviour expected for a building and the actual measured when it is in operation and, thus, after the variable “occupant behaviour” has been added. This is due to the erroneous consideration of occupant impacts on the building’s global balances in building simulation programs (Delzendeh et al. 2017). For this reason, the number of studies on the impact of occupants on buildings is growing because of the need to narrow the gap between the prediction of consumption achieved through simulation programs and the actual performance of buildings (Jia et al. 2017; Hong et al. 2017; Delzendeh et al. 2017). According to Delzendeh et al. (2017), the passive and active behaviours of occupants with an impact on the energy consumption of buildings, including: window opening, use of solar shading and blinds, adjustment of the heating system, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), water use hot, etc., are not correctly considered in the simulation programs.

The study of the impacts although not in the origin in the acronym DNAS in the work of Hong et al. (2015) is an important part of the initial “A”—actions since it represents the consequence of their existence. Regarding the more practical part of the study of occupant impacts, the data analysed to detect the impacts of the actions are obtained in the insights after their occurrence (see Fig. 2.5).

Fig. 2.5Data used to study the impacts of occupants’ actions

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