Study on influencing factors for occupant window-opening behavior: Case study of an office building in Xi'an during the transition season

Gu, Yaxiu; Cui, Tong; Liu, Kun; Yang, Fei; Sheng-peng, Wang; Song, Hui; Qi, Qian; Meng, Qingguo; Li, Yanpeng

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107977

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“…Table 3 has listed the methods that have been used to collect these data. For recording window state, most researchers selected data loggers/sensors (e.g., magnetic induction devices [6], microswitches [45] and camera [30]); some adopted questionnaires (e.g. longitudinal questionnaire at monthly or weekly intervals [46], daily log at daily intervals [47, 48] and one-time questionnaire [49]), and observations (by a person [42] or by a team of researchers [50]).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On a global scale, the buildings and construction sector accounts for 36% of global energy use, leading to 37% energy-related CO₂ emissions [3]. Moreover, with the need to mitigate climate change as a matter of human activities, it is urgent to reduce the carbon emissions from buildings [4], and there is a high potential for reducing building energy consumption for achieving sustainability [5][6][7].…”

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A review and comparison of studies on office window behaviour using engineering and social science methods

2023

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With the urgent need of reducing building carbon emissions to ease climate change, it is necessary to have energy efficient buildings. An effective way of achieving this mission is adopting natural ventilation, which is commonly achieved by openable windows controlled by building occupants in most cases. In this kind of buildings, therefore, occupant window behaviour becomes significantly important on the building performance. To better understand this behaviour, researchers from both engineering domain and social science domain have contributed, but it seems like that they have different research aims, methods and findings. To promote transdisciplinary collaboration in this area, this study has carried out a thorough review of studies on window behaviour in office buildings. The review work collected 66 relevant studies, and analysed their aims, methods and main findings to figure out the differences between engineering studies and social science studies. The existing studies were mainly coming from renowned academic journals (91%) and academic conferences (9%). The comparison revealed significant differences between the two scientific domains, with some overlapping between them. To obtain deeper understanding on occupant window behaviour, critical discussions on how to better collaborate between these two domains in the future have been provided as well.

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A review and comparison of studies on office window behaviour using engineering and social science methods

2023

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“…Limited literature is available with which to compare these results. While Kim et al [16] deemed that indoor PM2.5 concentration was not a significant driving factor for window opening behaviour, Gu et al [17] determined that indoor PM2.5 level was strongly correlated with occupants' window openings.…”

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“…Kim et al [16] reported that indoor PM2.5 concentration was not a significant driver for occupants' control of windows in an educational building in Korea. Contradictorily, Gu et al [17] asserted that indoor PM2.5 level was correlated with window opening behaviour in offices in China. More research towards a conclusive answer to this research question is needed.…”

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Exploring the relationship between window operation behavior and thermal and air quality factors: A case study of UK residential buildings

Wang¹,

Tahmasebi²,

Cooper³

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Journal of Building Engineering

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“…Tang et al [ 7 ] believed that ventilation is used to maintain acceptable indoor air quality and thermal comfort and put forward a control strategy to change the window opening factor. Gu et al [ 8 ] believed that occupants can change the indoor thermal environment by opening windows. Yin et al [ 9 ] proposed a method for measurement and evaluation of indoor air quality in naturally ventilated residential buildings.…”

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Influence of geographical location and outdoor meteorological parameters on indoor humidity environment in rural residential buildings during the Plum Rains Season in the hot summer and cold winter region

He,

Zhou,

Liu

et al. 2023

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Plum Rains Season (PRS) has the typical characteristics of outdoor air temperature dramatic changes and high air humidity in the hot summer and cold winter region in China. When the outdoor temperature rises rapidly during PRS, the building envelope surface temperature is probably lower than the indoor air dew point temperature, resulting in moisture condensation. This paper evaluates the influence of geographical location and outdoor meteorological parameters on the indoor humidity environment. The effects of critical parameters such as altitude, average temperature, relative humidity, total precipitation, total precipitation days, atmospheric pressure, and wind speed on the building envelope moisture condensation in nine typical cities in the hot summer and cold winter region were simulated and analyzed. The results show that the Condensation Frequency (CFn) in the western, central, and eastern regions reached the highest in April, May, and June, respectively. Among the nine typical cities, Changsha has the highest Condensation Risk (CR). In addition, the altitude, total precipitation, and atmospheric pressure have little effect on the indoor humidity environment, and it is not directly related to CR; The average temperature and total precipitation days were not related to CR in the western and eastern regions and positively correlated with CR in the central region; The wind speed was positively correlated with CR in the western and central regions and negatively correlated in the eastern region; The relative humidity can affect the indoor humidity environment and moisture condensation on the inner surface of walls, when the relative humidity increases, the CR increases.

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Study on influencing factors for occupant window-opening behavior: Case study of an office building in Xi'an during the transition season

Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

A review and comparison of studies on office window behaviour using engineering and social science methods

A review and comparison of studies on office window behaviour using engineering and social science methods

Exploring the relationship between window operation behavior and thermal and air quality factors: A case study of UK residential buildings

Influence of geographical location and outdoor meteorological parameters on indoor humidity environment in rural residential buildings during the Plum Rains Season in the hot summer and cold winter region

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