Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong

Du, Jia; Yu, Cong; Pan, Wei

doi:10.1007/s12273-020-0630-5

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“…Similar experiments are conducted in Curry et al [46] for efficient energy and water management through social networks and interacting technology. Besides, gamification is a recent development tool that emotionally engages users and can change user behavior through positive feedback and gamified rewards [4] . It can, therefore, be implied that maximizing energy savings by either incorporating the human-in-the-loop in Bisadi et al [92] concept or deploying interactive feedback or gamified environments is inevitable for reducing building energy use that can shape future intelligent and sustainable buildings [93] .…”

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“…'International Energy Outlook 2016 With Projections to 2040' report indicates an estimated 41% of energy is used by buildings [2] . A significant proportion of the total energy consumed across the world is attributed to buildings [3][4][5] ; for instance, in Hong Kong, buildings account for 90% of the electricity consumed with, 30% of this consumed energy attributed to residential buildings. Likewise [3] in India, 35% of the total energy consumed is attributed to the buildings sector.…”

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“…There are various energy conservation and optimization techniques, including the traditional ones such as natural ventilation, adopting renewable energy technologies, improving building design and orientation to amplify solar intake, saving excess energy, and innovating conservation strategies tailored to traditional architecture [9] . Paone and Bacher argue that much research attention has been directed towards developing technical solutions to reduce energy usage, such as smart meters, occupancy sensing, sensor technologies, and mobile applications while neglecting the importance of modifying human behavior [4] . This paper mainly reviews the literature where the implementation of nudges for energy conservation in commercial or institutional buildings has been studied.…”

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A review on motivational nudges for enhancing building energy conservation behavior

Soomro¹,

Bharathy²,

Biloria³

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JSEGC

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This paper explores energy use interventions and their influence on human behavior in commercial and institutional buildings. The main objectives of this paper are to identify the importance of nudges in reducing building energy usage and the implementation methods that can influence users to conserve energy in buildings through context specific interventions. A qualitative research method is used to elicit existing energy saving techniques, and a rigorous literature review is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of nudges. The investigation shows that combining multiple influencing options and interactive technological interventions can result in an effective nudging mechanism at a larger scale. Widely adopted technological tools identified in energy conservation in buildings included eco-feedback systems, IoT engagement systems, and recommendation systems that shared clear information to enable users to change their behavior. Besides, non-technological tools, such as posters and moral appeal by word of mouth, are highlighted as influencing user behavior to conserve energy in buildings. The use of nudges in commercial and institutional buildings has been studied in this review, and it has been demonstrated that the combination of influencing techniques is more effective than deploying a particular technique. It is concluded that energy conservation can be predicated in agent-based environments by modeling integrated nudges in future work.

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“…This conclusion is also confirmed by Du and Pan [24], who considered a number of flats at floors 3 and 39, finding that at higher floors, cooling loads reduce up to 12% due to climatic factors, i.e., wind speed. Also, Du et al [34] found that electricity bills of apartments on 20th floor and higher are up to 26% lower than those of lower floors due to the different usage of air-conditioning and natural ventilation, i.e., opening windows.…”

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Influencing Factors on Cooling Demand of High-Rise Buildings in Hot/Humid Climates: A Review

Anaya

Hou

Hassan

et al. 2021

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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A significant amount of energy is consumed on cooling buildings in countries that experience hot/humid climates. The increasing demand for high-rise buildings, with their inherent air conditioning systems, adds extra requirements to electricity grids or local district cooling systems. Thus, this work is structured to identify the influencing factors of cooling energy demand in high-rise buildings that are geographically restricted to countries of these climates. The influence of the factor is quantified as its contribution to cooling energy savings when manipulated or optimized. It is found that the average annual cooling reductions are 12%, 24.7%, 18.3%, and 20% with ranges of 3%-27%, 2.6%-60%, 5.6%-30%, and 11%-29% for building typology, envelope, system, and operation factors, respectively. Environmental factors lack quantification in the literature, although they are considered, however their effect is not quantified. In general, most studies considered building typology and building envelope factors which are related to building design, while few studies considered building operation and building system factors. The aforementioned factors and their importance lead to suggestions of conducting more studies on building operational and building system factors as they significantly contribute in cooling energy savings. Since Urban Heat Island (UHI) can cause a change of a city's microclimate which may double the cooling demand, it is listed as one of the essential environmental factors. This review has shown various aspects that are vital in studying building cooling load demand and its related energy performance.

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“…In conventional urban planning, the concept of optimal number has not been given much attention; hence, the emphasis has been on creating ultra-high-density buildings characterized by high-rise building structures. While those have been argued to have the potential to offer solutions to the rising urban population challenge and demand for housing, they have counterproductive effects on the ecology, contribute to increased energy consumption, encourage traffic, and do not often support sustainability efforts (Du et al 2020). However, the density dimension, pursued in the 15-minute city concept, places emphasis on the optimal number of people that would allow for sustainability, creation of health-social relationships, reduce automobile use, and allow for optimal resource consumption.…”

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Proximity-Based Planning and the “15-Minute City”: A Sustainable Model for the City of the Future

Allam

Moreno

Chabaud

et al. 2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

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Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong

Cited by 36 publications

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A review on motivational nudges for enhancing building energy conservation behavior

A review on motivational nudges for enhancing building energy conservation behavior

Influencing Factors on Cooling Demand of High-Rise Buildings in Hot/Humid Climates: A Review

Proximity-Based Planning and the “15-Minute City”: A Sustainable Model for the City of the Future

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