The determinants of household water consumption: A review and assessment framework for research and practice

A Cominola, L Preiss, M Thyer, HR Maier, P Prevos… - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving a thorough understanding of the determinants of household water consumption is
crucial to support demand management strategies. Yet, existing research on household …

Simulating the human-building interaction: Development and validation of an agent-based model of office occupant behaviors

J Langevin, J Wen, PL Gurian - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Ten questions concerning agent-based modeling of occupant behavior for energy and environmental performance of buildings

J Malik, A Mahdavi, E Azar, HC Putra, C Berger… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The complexity of occupant behavior is one of the major contributors to uncertainty in
building performance simulation. Agent-based modeling (ABM), a computational simulation …

Review of current trends in agent-based modeling of building occupants for energy and indoor-environmental performance analysis

C Berger, A Mahdavi - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Modeling and validation of residential water demand in agent-based models: A systematic literature review

BJ Sattler, J Friesen, A Tundis, PF Pelz - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Modelling domestic water demand: An agent based approach

I Koutiva, C Makropoulos - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

An agent-based model of household energy consumption

S Tian, S Chang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Modeling the sustainability of a ceramic water filter intervention

J Mellor, L Abebe, B Ehdaie, R Dillingham, J Smith - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

An agent-based model of building occupant behavior during load shedding

HC Putra, CJ Andrews, JA Senick - Building Simulation, 2017 - Springer
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 …

A hybrid data-driven-agent-based modelling framework for water distribution systems contamination response during COVID-19

L Kadinski, C Salcedo, DL Boccelli, E Berglund… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Contamination events in water distribution systems (WDSs) are highly dangerous events in
very vulnerable infrastructure where a quick response by water utility managers is …