The Impact of Building Occupant Behavior on Energy Efficiency and Methods to Influence It: A Review of the State of the Art

The impact of occupants’ behaviours on building energy analysis: A research review

(2017) Elham Delzendeh et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

An empirically grounded model for simulating normative energy use feedback interventions

(2016) Kyle Anderson et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Generalizable occupant-driven optimization model for domestic hot water production in NZEB

(2016) H. Kazmi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Field studies of thermal comfort across multiple climate zones for the subcontinent: India Model for Adaptive Comfort (IMAC)

(2016) Sanyogita Manu et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Framework for selecting occupancy-focused energy interventions in buildings

(2016) Aslihan Karatas et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Energy performance gap in refurbished German dwellings: Lesson learned from a field test

(2016) Davide Calì et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Review of occupancy sensing systems and occupancy modeling methodologies for the application in institutional buildings

(2016) Junjing Yang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Occupant workstation level energy-use prediction in commercial buildings: Developing and assessing a new method to enable targeted energy efficiency programs

(2016) Ardalan Khosrowpour et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

How peers’ personal attitudes affect indoor microclimate and energy need in an institutional building: Results from a continuous monitoring campaign in summer and winter conditions

(2016) Anna Laura Pisello et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Analysis of real-time electricity consumption in Canadian school buildings

(2016) Mohamed Ouf et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A stochastic model of integrating occupant behaviour into energy simulation with respect to actual energy consumption in high-rise apartment buildings

(2016) Hyunju Jang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Reducing thermal discomfort and energy consumption of Indian residential buildings: Model validation by in-field measurements and simulation of low-cost interventions

(2016) Margot Pellegrino et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

From simulation to monitoring: Evaluating the potential of mixed-mode ventilation (MMV) systems for integrating natural ventilation in office buildings through a comprehensive literature review

(2016) Juan C. Salcido et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Commercial office plug load energy consumption trends and the role of occupant behavior

(2016) Priya Gandhi et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Should we design buildings that are less sensitive to occupant behaviour? A simulation study of effects of behaviour and design on office energy consumption

(2016) Sami Karjalainen   Energy Efficiency

Does the occupant behavior match the energy concept of the building? – Analysis of a German naturally ventilated office building

(2015) Karin Schakib-Ekbatan et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

An ontology to represent energy-related occupant behavior in buildings. Part I: Introduction to the DNAs framework

(2015) Tianzhen Hong et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Importance of occupancy information when simulating energy demand of energy efficient house: A case study

(2015) Vytautas Martinaitis et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Residential heating energy consumption modeling through a bottom-up approach for China's Hot Summer–Cold Winter climatic region

(2015) Zhe Wang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Thermal comfort in offices in India: Behavioral adaptation and the effect of age and gender

(2015) Madhavi Indraganti et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

An occupant-based energy consumption prediction model for office equipment

(2015) Zhaoxia Wang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Simulation of occupancy in buildings

(2015) Xiaohang Feng et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

The question of energy reduction: The problem(s) with feedback

(2015) Kathryn Buchanan et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Segmentation and Classification of Commercial Building Occupants by Energy-Use Efficiency and Predictability

(2015) Rimas Gulbinas et al.   IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Occupancy Modeling and Prediction for Building Energy Management

(2014) Varick L. Erickson et al.   ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

BizWatts : A modular socio-technical energy management system for empowering commercial building occupants to conserve energy

(2014) R. Gulbinas et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Effects of real-time eco-feedback and organizational network dynamics on energy efficient behavior in commercial buildings

(2014) Rimas Gulbinas et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Energy retrofit and occupant behaviour in protected housing: A case study of the Brunswick Centre in London

(2014) Hui Ben et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

User satisfaction adaptive behaviors for assessing energy efficient building indoor cooling and lighting environment

(2014) Ali Keyvanfar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A review on optimized control systems for building energy and comfort management of smart sustainable buildings

(2014) Pervez Hameed Shaikh et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A critical review of observation studies, modeling, and simulation of adaptive occupant behaviors in offices

(2013) H. Burak Gunay et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Comfort assessment in the context of sustainable buildings: Comparison of simplified and detailed human thermal sensation methods

(2013) Riikka Holopainen et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Can social influence drive energy savings? Detecting the impact of social influence on the energy consumption behavior of networked users exposed to normative eco-feedback

(2013) Rishee K. Jain et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Investigating the impact eco-feedback information representation has on building occupant energy consumption behavior and savings

(2013) Rishee K. Jain et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Individual energy use and feedback in an office setting: A field trial

(2013) Niamh Murtagh et al.   ENERGY POLICY

DEHEMS: creating a digital environment for large-scale energy management at homes

(2013) Qi Liu et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

A review of computational optimisation methods applied to sustainable building design

(2013) Ralph Evins   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The impact of consumers’ feedback preferences on domestic electricity consumption

(2012) Iana Vassileva et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

An integrated system for buildings’ energy-efficient automation: Application in the tertiary sector

(2012) Vangelis Marinakis et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Scalable influence maximization for independent cascade model in large-scale social networks

(2012) Chi Wang et al.   DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY

A laboratory test of the efficacy of energy display interface design

(2012) Teresa Chiang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A comprehensive analysis of the impact of occupancy parameters in energy simulation of office buildings

(2012) Elie Azar et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

The impact of peer network position on electricity consumption in building occupant networks utilizing energy feedback systems

(2012) Gabriel Peschiera et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Energy behaviours as promoters of energy efficiency: A 21st century review

(2012) M.A.R. Lopes et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Occupants’ behavioural adaptation in workplaces with non-central heating and cooling systems

(2011) Jing Liu et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

A systematic procedure to study the influence of occupant behavior on building energy consumption

(2011) Zhun Yu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Use of model predictive control and weather forecasts for energy efficient building climate control

(2011) Frauke Oldewurtel et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

The energy-saving effects of apartment residents’ awareness and behavior

(2011) Na Na Kang et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Home energy consumption feedback: A user survey

(2011) Dario Bonino et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Modeling building occupant network energy consumption decision-making: The interplay between network structure and conservation

(2011) Jiayu Chen et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A Comparative Study of Three Feedback Devices for Residential Real-Time Energy Monitoring

(2011) Mahmoud A. Alahmad et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

Evaluation of European energy behavioural change programmes

(2011) Lea Gynther et al.   Energy Efficiency

Review of building energy-use performance benchmarking methodologies

(2010) William Chung   APPLIED ENERGY

Building human agency: a timely manifesto

(2010) Raymond J. Cole et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Low-energy dwellings: the contribution of behaviours to actual performance

(2010) Zachary M. Gill et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Response–relapse patterns of building occupant electricity consumption following exposure to personal, contextualized and occupant peer network utilization data

(2010) Gabriel Peschiera et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Consumer preferences for feedback on household electricity consumption

(2010) Sami Karjalainen   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Comparative effects of building envelope improvements and occupant behavioural changes on the exergy consumption for heating and cooling

(2010) Marcel Schweiker et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Behavior and Energy Policy

(2010) H. Allcott et al.   SCIENCE

Building energy information systems: user case studies

(2010) Jessica Granderson et al.   Energy Efficiency

Conflict resolution in multi-agent based Intelligent Environments

(2009) Jaewook Lee   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The impact of informational feedback on energy consumption—A survey of the experimental evidence

(2009) Ahmad Faruqui et al.   ENERGY

The dark side of occupants’ behaviour on building energy use

(2009) O.T. Masoso et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Technology-Enabled Feedback on Domestic Energy Consumption: Articulating a Set of Design Concerns

(2009) Geraldine Fitzpatrick et al.   IEEE PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Household actions can provide a behavioral wedge to rapidly reduce US carbon emissions

(2009) T. Dietz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A review of occupant control on natural ventilation

(2009) Astrid Roetzel et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy

(2009) Kenneth Gillingham et al.   Annual Review of Resource Economics

User behavior in whole building simulation

(2008) P. Hoes et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Advanced control systems engineering for energy and comfort management in a building environment—A review

(2008) A.I. Dounis et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Feedback on household electricity consumption: a tool for saving energy?

(2008) Corinna Fischer   Energy Efficiency

Time-dependent occupant behaviour models of window control in summer

(2007) Geun Young Yun et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A generalised stochastic model for the simulation of occupant presence

(2007) J. Page et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Potentials and costs of carbon dioxide mitigation in the world's buildings

(2007) Diana Ürge-Vorsatz et al.   ENERGY POLICY