Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests
buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to …

Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems control that takes occupant
information into account is called HVAC occupant-centric control (OCC), which strikes better …

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 …

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 …

Energy consumption models play an integral part in energy management and conservation,
as it pertains to buildings. It can assist in evaluating building energy efficiency, in carrying …

In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and
actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power …

More than 30% of the total primary energy in the world is consumed in buildings. It is crucial
to reduce building energy consumption in order to preserve energy resources and mitigate …

Occupant behavior is nowadays acknowledged as a main source of discrepancy between
predicted and actual building performance; therefore, researchers attempt to model …