Keyword

occupant behavior

Description: Occupant behavior comprises the actions and decisions of people in buildings that affect energy use, indoor environmental conditions, and building performance.

Primary topic: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (65%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/occupant-behavior

Domestic electricity use: A high-resolution energy demand model

2010 · Ian Richardson, Murray Thomson, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 977

Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances

2013 · Rachel I Adams, Marzia Miletto, et al. · The ISME Journal · 941

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Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges

2015 · Da Yan, William O’Brien, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 897

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

2014 · Pervez Hameed Shaikh, Nursyarizal Bin Mohd Nor, et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 869

Modeling and forecasting building energy consumption: A review of data-driven techniques

2019 · Mathieu Bourdeau, Xiao qiang Zhai, et al. · Sustainable Cities and Society · 800

The effect of occupancy and building characteristics on energy use for space and water heating in Dutch residential stock

2009 · Olivia Guerra Santin, Laure Itard, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 762

Energy intelligent buildings based on user activity: A survey

2012 · Tuan Anh Nguyen, Marco Aiello · Energy and Buildings · 714

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The dark side of occupants’ behaviour on building energy use

2009 · O.T. Masoso, L.J. Grobler · Energy and Buildings · 683

Occupants' window opening behaviour: A literature review of factors influencing occupant behaviour and models

2012 · Valentina Fabi, Rune Vinther Andersen, et al. · Building and Environment · 663

A generalised stochastic model for the simulation of occupant presence

2007 · J. Page, D. Robinson, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 643

Introducing the prebound effect: the gap between performance and actual energy consumption

2012 · Minna Sunikka-Blank, Ray Galvin · Building Research & Information · 631

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Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

2012 · Fergus Nicol, Michael Humphreys, et al. · Routledge eBooks · 630

User behavior in whole building simulation

2008 · P. Hoes, J.L.M. Hensen, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 614

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

2017 · Elham Delzendeh, Song Wu, et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 593

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Determinants of residential electricity consumption: Using smart meter data to examine the effect of climate, building characteristics, appliance stock, and occupants' behavior

2013 · Amir Kavousian, Ram Rajagopal, et al. · Energy · 593

Ten questions concerning occupant behavior in buildings: The big picture

2016 · Tianzhen Hong, Da Yan, et al. · Building and Environment · 586

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

2011 · Zhun Yu, Benjamin C.M. Fung, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 567

Advances in research and applications of energy-related occupant behavior in buildings

2015 · Tianzhen Hong, Sarah C. Taylor-Lange, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 543

A high-resolution stochastic model of domestic activity patterns and electricity demand

2009 · Joakim Widén, Ewa Wäckelgård · Applied Energy · 534

Using results from field surveys to predict the effect of open windows on thermal comfort and energy use in buildings

2007 · H.B. Rijal, P. Tuohy, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 524

Towards sustainable, energy-efficient and healthy ventilation strategies in buildings: A review

2016 · Behrang Chenari, João Dias Carrilho, et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 518

IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and simulation of occupant behavior in buildings

2017 · Da Yan, Tianzhen Hong, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 510

Rethinking the role of occupant behavior in building energy performance: A review

2018 · Yan Zhang, Xuemei Bai, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 479

Understanding the adaptive approach to thermal comfort

1998 · Humphreys, Fergus Nicol · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 473

IEA EBC annex 53: Total energy use in buildings—Analysis and evaluation methods

2017 · Hiroshi Yoshino, Tianzhen Hong, et al. · Energy and Buildings · 471

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