Achieving a thorough understanding of the determinants of household water consumption is
crucial to support demand management strategies. Yet, existing research on household …

This paper develops and validates an agent-based model (ABM) of occupant behavior using
data from a one-year field study in a medium-sized, air-conditioned office building. The full …

The complexity of occupant behavior is one of the major contributors to uncertainty in
building performance simulation. Agent-based modeling (ABM), a computational simulation …

This paper is concerned with the representation of building users in simulation applications
that explore buildings' energy and indoor environmental performance. In recent years, efforts …

Current challenges, such as climate change or military conflicts, show the great importance
of urban supply infrastructures. In this context, an open question is how different scenarios …

The urban water system is a complex adaptive system consisting of technical, environmental
and social components which interact with each other through time. As such, its investigation …

How to increase clean energy utilization is a key issue in household energy consumption
analysis aimed at alleviating air pollution and improving the health of residents. Clean …

Ceramic water filters (CWFs) are a point-of-use water treatment technology that has shown
promise in preventing early childhood diarrhea (ECD) in resource-limited settings. Despite …

Load shedding enjoys increasing popularity as a way to reduce power consumption in
buildings during hours of peak demand on the electricity grid. This practice has well known …

Contamination events in water distribution systems (WDSs) are highly dangerous events in
very vulnerable infrastructure where a quick response by water utility managers is …