A Strategy for Fit-For-Purpose Occupant Behavior Modelling in Building Energy and Comfort Performance Simulation
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A strategy for fit-for-purpose occupant behavior modelling in building energy and comfort performance simulation Citation for published version (APA): Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, I. I. (2019). A strategy for fit-for-purpose occupant behavior modelling in building energy and comfort performance simulation. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Document status and date: Published: 27/06/2019 Document Version: Publisher’s PDF, also known as Version of Record (includes final page, issue and volume numbers) Please check the document version of this publication: • A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. 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Baaijens, voor een commissie aangewezen door het College voor Promoties, in het openbaar te verdedigen op donderdag 27 juni 2019 om 13:30 uur door Isabella Iasmina Gaetani dell’Aquila d’Aragona geboren te Milaan, Italië Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door de promotoren en de samenstelling van de promotiecommissie is als volgt: voorzitter: prof.dr.ir. T.A.M. (Theo) Salet 1e promotor: prof.dr.ir. J.L.M. (Jan) Hensen co-promotor: dr.ir. P. (Pieter-Jan) Hoes leden: prof. dipl.- ing. A. (Andreas) Wagner (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT, Germany) prof.dr. L.C.M. (Laure) Itard (Technische Universiteit Delft) prof.dr.ir. B. (Bauke) de Vries A strategy for fit-for-purpose occupant behavior modelling in building energy and comfort performance simulation The research reported in this dissertation was supported by PIT/VABI, the SPARK consortium and TKI EnerGO TRECO-office. © Isabella Gaetani, 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author and promotors. A catalogue record is available from the Eindhoven University of Technology Library ISBN: 978-90-386-4770-8 NUR: 955 Published as issue 272 in the Bouwstenen series of the Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology. Cover design by Isabella Gaetani Printed by TU/e print service – Dereumaux Eindhoven, The Netherlands Contents Summary ..................................................................................................................... vii Nomenclature ................................................................................................................ ix List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................... ix List of Symbols ..................................................................................................................... x List of Pictograms ............................................................................................................... xii 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Energy use and comfort in the built environment ................................................... 2 1.2 Building performance simulation ............................................................................. 2 1.2.1 OB-related uncertainties in BPS ......................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Perception of OB-related uncertainties ............................................................... 5 1.3 Occupant behavior modeling in BPS: research vs. practice ..................................... 6 1.4 Aim and objectives .................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Contributions ........................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Thesis outline .......................................................................................................... 10 2 Occupant behavior in building performance simulation ......................................... 13 2.1 Modeling the influence of occupant behavior on building performance ................... 14 2.1.1 Modeling occupant presence ............................................................................... 15 2.1.2 Modeling adaptive behaviors .............................................................................. 16 2.1.3 Modeling non-adaptive behaviors ....................................................................... 18 2.1.4 Concluding remarks ............................................................................................ 19 2.2 Overview of widely used occupant behavior modeling approaches .......................... 20 2.2.1 Schedules, deterministic and non-probabilistic models ....................................... 21 2.2.2 Probabilistic models ........................................................................................... 21 2.2.3 Agent-based modeling (ABM) ............................................................................ 24 2.2.4 Concluding remarks ............................................................................................ 24 2.3 Literature review of widely used occupant behavior models ................................... 25 2.4 Inter-comparisons of models with different complexity levels ................................. 28 i 2.4.1 Description of comparison studies: which model performs best? ........................ 29 2.4.2 Other studies dealing with model complexity in occupant behavior .................. 33 2.4.3 Concluding remarks ............................................................................................ 34 2.5 Validity and application range of occupant behavior models .................................. 35 2.6 Concluding remarks ................................................................................................ 35 3 The fit-for-purpose approach: methods, concepts and development process ........... 37 3.1 Overview of the methodology ................................................................................. 38 3.2 Theoretical concepts ............................................................................................... 39 3.2.1 What can the occupants do? .............................................................................. 40 3.2.2 Which simulation output do I need? .................................................................. 41 3.2.3 Does occupant behavior matter? ........................................................................ 42 3.2.4 Which model should I choose? ........................................................................... 45 3.2.5 What should a FFP-OBm strategy look like? .................................................... 48 3.3 Iterative development process ................................................................................. 48 3.3.1 Scope .................................................................................................................. 49 3.3.2 Overview ............................................................................................................ 52 3.3.3 Implementation .................................................................................................. 55 3.3.4 Application ......................................................................................................... 56 3.3.5 Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 58 3.4 Concluding remarks ................................................................................................ 59 4 The fit-for-purpose approach: Impact Indices screening