Conference Paper

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA

Profiling Occupant Behaviour in Italian Households for enhanced building simulation input: Insights into a Survey-based Investigation

Verena Marie Barthelmes ¹, Giulia Crespi ¹, Maria Valentina Di Nicoli ², Cristina Becchio ¹, Valentina Fabi ¹, Stefano Paolo Corgnati ^1
1 Politecnico di Torino, Italy
² Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2019.210486
Abstract: The stochastic nature of the human-building interaction is an established key driver of uncertainty when it comes to the prediction of energy consumptions in buildings. To retrieve behaviour-related data on a large scale, and to avoid the setup of complex in-field monitoring strategies, survey-based investigations can be a useful tool to obtain information directly from the occupants and to profile occupancy patterns as well as energy-related daily activities in households. This paper presents a selection of outcomes of a survey-based investigation aimed at exploring (i) temperature preferences based on different household characteristics and (ii) daily energy-related activity and occupancy profiles in the context of residential buildings in Northern Italy.
Keywords: Occupant behaviour, residential sector, time use survey, occupancy, motivational drivers
Pages: 2189 - 2196
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