[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art review of occupant behavior modeling and implementation in building performance simulation

O Ahmed, N Sezer, M Ouf, LL Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupant Behavior (OB) is one of the major drivers of building energy consumption.
However, OB is usually oversimplified in Building Performance Simulation (BPS), resulting …

Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applications

E Azar, W O'Brien, S Carlucci, T Hong, A Sonta… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Occupants are active participants in their built environment, affecting its performance while
simultaneously being affected by its design and indoor environmental conditions. With …

Evaluating thermal resilience of building designs using building performance simulation–A review of existing practices

CY Siu, W O'Brien, M Touchie, M Armstrong… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the expectation of increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme events caused by
climate change, one of the most critical yet overlooked aspects of building design in the …

[HTML][HTML] Towards integrating occupant behaviour modelling in simulation-aided building design: Reasons, challenges and solutions

JM Zambrano, UF Oberegger, G Salvalai - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviour is an important source of uncertainty in building energy performance
simulations. This has led to the development and integration of different modelling …

Occupant behavior modules development for coupled simulation in DeST 3.0

X Jia, Y Pan, M Zhu, H Zhu, Z Li, J Zhang, X Zhou… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among the various factors that affect building performance, occupant behavior (OB) has
received more and more attention and has become a research hotspot in building design …

Improving accuracy in building energy simulation via evaluating occupant behaviors: A case study in Hong Kong

C Yu, J Du, W Pan - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Occupant behavior plays a critical role in building energy consumption, particularly in
residential buildings. However, occupant behavior is complicated and varies significantly …

A simulation-based method to investigate occupant-centric controls

MM Ouf, JY Park, HB Gunay - Building Simulation, 2021 - Springer
Occupant-centric control (OCC) strategies rely on different algorithms to learn and predict
occupants' patterns and preferences, then utilize these predictions to optimize building …

A simulation-based framework to optimize occupant-centric controls given stochastic occupant behaviour

ZK Zadeh, MM Ouf - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupant-centric control (OCC) strategies represent a novel approach for indoor climate
control in which occupancy patterns and occupant preferences are embedded within control …

Diverse occupant behaviors and energy conservation opportunities for university student residences in Hong Kong

J Du, W Pan - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupant behavior significantly influences building energy consumption. However, two
research gaps exist, namely, the lack of firsthand data for a complete understanding of the …

Deterministic and probabilistic occupant-centric control's impacts on the indoor environment in free-running households

F Akhlaghinezhad, A Tabadkani… - Smart and Sustainable …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Occupant behavior can lead to considerable uncertainties in thermal comfort and
air quality within buildings. To tackle this challenge, the use of probabilistic controls to …