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Proceedings of BSO Conference 2018: Fourth Conference of IBPSA-England

     

Effect of Energy-related Occupants’ Interaction with The Control of Indoor Environment on Residential Energy Consumption: Case Study on Energy Efficiency of Social Housing in Germany

Jie Zheng

Abstract: Effect of Energy-related Occupants’ Interaction with The Control of Indoor Environment on Residential Energy Consumption: Case Study on Energy Efficiency of Social Housing in Germany Jie Zheng¹, Rolf Katzenbach¹, Tianzhen Hong² ¹ Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. Email: zheng@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de Email: katzenbach@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de ² Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, U.S. Email: thong@lbl.gov energy equipment, climate and energy prices, as well as occupant behaviour, in particular which are affected by Energy efficiency has been the core challenge and task of research in the building sector and strongly driven by real estate, resource management, energy policy and consumers with various socio-economic backgrounds. Existing building energy simulation tools have achieved a high dynamic dimension of energy consumption through accurate analysis of technical integration of building energy system. However, the impact of occupant interactions with the control of indoor environment on building energy performance is underestimated. Lack of real and comprehensive information and effective monitoring technologies for energy-related occupant behaviour (OB) could explain this overlooked impact. This study considered OB as an important influencing factor of controlling indoor environment quality and energy consumption, and introduced the process of OB data collection in Germany social housings, which worked as input for further simulation process. A method was proposed to integrate occupant behaviour into the conventional Retrocommissioning methodology to further research on improvement of energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Pages: 261 - 268
Paper:
bso2018_3B-1