Title
User behavioral models and their effect on predicted energy use for heating in dwellings
Author
Koene, F.G.H.
de Kluizenaar, Y.
Bulavskaya, T.
Hoes-van Oeffelen, E.C.M.
Spiekman, M.E.
Hofstetter, H.
Opstelten, I.J.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Generally, a discrepancy is observed between energy use for heating of dwellings, calculated by numerical models and actual energy use. This gap may be partially attributed to differences between assumed and actual occupant behavior. To account for the gap, a number of occupant behavioral models were made on thermostat settings, the likelihood that rooms other than the living room are heated, absence of occupant and shower duration. The behavioral models were applied to a database of 27, 700 three-storey dwellings. The results show a significant reduction of the gap between calculated and actual energy use for dwellings of low thermal performance.
Subject
Fluid & Solid Mechanics
HTFD - Heat Transfer & Fluid Dynamics
TS - Technical Sciences
Energy Efficiency
Energy
Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands
Absence of occupants
Effective thermal mass
Generic heat transfer coeeficients
Refined model predictions
Rooms heated
Shower duration
Thermostat settings
User behavioral models
Heat transfer
Housing
Refined model
Thermal mass
Behavioral research
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TNO identifier
534862
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam
ISSN
1876-6102
Source
Energy Procedia, 78, 615-620
Series
Energy Procedia
Bibliographical note
Ook gepresenteerd op: 6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015, 14-17 June 2015
Document type
article