The dark side of occupants’ behaviour on building energy use

Masoso, Okatoseng T.; Grobler, L. J.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.08.009

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“…In the United States' commercial built environment, less than half of most buildings' appliances and systems are turned off by occupants after operational hours [29]. Due to the fact that there are more non-working hours in a week than working hours, such behaviors can lead to more energy wasted during non-working hours than energy used during working hours [30]. In this context, therefore, a growing number of recent studies emphasize the importance of improving occupant energy-use behaviors as a cost-effective approach for saving energy in commercial buildings; such work spans various research communities, including psychology and economics [31].…”

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A Review of Approaches for Sensing, Understanding, and Improving Occupancy-Related Energy-Use Behaviors in Commercial Buildings

2015

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Abstract:Buildings currently account for 30-40 percent of total global energy consumption. In particular, commercial buildings are responsible for about 12 percent of global energy use and 21 percent of the United States' energy use, and the energy demand of this sector continues to grow faster than other sectors. This increasing rate therefore raises a critical concern about improving the energy performance of commercial buildings. Recently, researchers have investigated ways in which understanding and improving occupants' energy-consuming behaviors could function as a cost-effective approach to decreasing commercial buildings' energy demands. The objective of this paper is to present a detailed, up-to-date review of various algorithms, models, and techniques employed in the pursuit of understanding and improving occupants' energy-use behaviors in commercial buildings. Previous related studies are introduced and three main approaches are identified: (1) monitoring occupant-specific energy consumption; (2) Simulating occupant energy consumption behavior; and (3) improving occupant energy consumption behavior. The first approach employs intrusive and non-intrusive load-monitoring techniques to estimate the energy use of individual occupants. The second approach models diverse characteristics related to occupants' energy-consuming behaviors in order to assess and predict such characteristics' impacts on the energy performance of commercial buildings; this approach mostly utilizes agent-based modeling techniques to simulate actions and interactions between occupants and their built environment. The third approach employs occupancy-focused interventions to change OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2015, 8 10997 occupants' energy-use characteristics. Based on the detailed review of each approach, critical issues and current gaps in knowledge in the existing literature are discussed, and directions for future research opportunities in this field are provided.

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A Review of Approaches for Sensing, Understanding, and Improving Occupancy-Related Energy-Use Behaviors in Commercial Buildings

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“…This was evident when the study produced results without taking into consideration the users in the simulation analysis in the case of energy wastage in buildings when they are not occupied (Masoso & Grobler, 2010). Building energy consumption behavior was starting to get the attention of researchers as early as the 1970s, after the energy crisis (Bin, 2012).…”

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Investigating User Perception of High-Performance Schools about Factors Associated with Building Energy Efficiency

Salleh¹,

Kandar²,

Sakip³

2016

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Energy demand in buildings can be reduced by improving energy efficiency. MS1525 has recommended that energy efficiency for NonResidential Buildings in Malaysia to be not more than 135kWh/m²/year. A school building is a non-residential building and has major social responsibilities. Based on the theory of building energy-efficiency, energy efficiency can be achieved through three main factors: a) design of buildings; b) design of services; and c) user behavior. This study aims to investigate the user perceptions in High-Performance Schools. The questionnaire viewed three main perceptions of users: perception of user behavior, the perception of building design and perception of services design.

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“…The need for end-users to be guided through the workings of the unconventional systems cannot be overemphasised. Literature sources have indicated that occupants behaviour or 'people factors' as described by James E. Piper, bear greatly on the building performance (Yu et al, 2011;Masoso and Grobler, 2010;Piper, 1999). Yu et al (2011) reported a study by Ouyang and Hakao (2009) which investigated energy-saving potential by improving user behaviour using 124 households in China.…”

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The indispensability of good operation & maintenance (O&M) manuals in the operation and maintenance of low carbon buildings

Frank

Omer

Riffat

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Sustainable Cities and Society

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The dark side of occupants’ behaviour on building energy use

Cited by 558 publications

References 12 publications

A Review of Approaches for Sensing, Understanding, and Improving Occupancy-Related Energy-Use Behaviors in Commercial Buildings

A Review of Approaches for Sensing, Understanding, and Improving Occupancy-Related Energy-Use Behaviors in Commercial Buildings

Investigating User Perception of High-Performance Schools about Factors Associated with Building Energy Efficiency

The indispensability of good operation & maintenance (O&M) manuals in the operation and maintenance of low carbon buildings

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