Technology alone will not achieve building energy conservation goals, and humans and
their energy-related behavior in buildings must be included in energy performance efforts …

Occupant behavior is now widely recognized as a major contributing factor to uncertainty of
building performance. While a surge of research on the topic has occurred over the past four …

Occupant behavior has significant impacts on building energy performance and occupant
comfort. However, occupant behavior is not well understood and is often oversimplified in …

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and its effect on occupant well-being and comfort is an
important area of study. This paper presents a state of the art study through extensive review …

Occupant behavior has been widely considered as one of the key influencing factors on
building energy consumption. The complexity of its formation mechanism and the dynamic …

The “human dimensions” of energy use in buildings refer to the energy-related behaviors of
key stakeholders that affect energy use over the building life cycle. Stakeholders include …

Building occupants are continuously exposed to multiple indoor environmental stimuli,
including thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality related factors. Moreover, personal and …

Energy demand has been increasing worldwide and the building sector represents a large
percentage of global energy consumption. Therefore, promoting energy efficiency in …

This paper reviews the most used thermal comfort models and indicators with their variants,
discussing their usage in control problems referring to energy management in indoor …

Three main categories of occupant behaviors were summarized for building through this
literature review, including the occupancy, interactions and behavioral efficiency. The results …