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The role of occupan...
The role of occupants in buildings’ energy performance gap: Myth or reality?
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- Mahdavi, Ardeshir (author)
- Technische Universität Wien,Vienna University of Technology
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- Berger, Christiane (author)
- Technische Universität Wien,Vienna University of Technology
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- Amin, Hadeer (author)
- Technische Universität Wien,Vienna University of Technology
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- Ampatzi, Eleni (author)
- Cardiff University
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- Andersen, Rune Korsholm (author)
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,Technical University of Denmark
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- Azar, Elie (author)
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology
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- Barthelmes, Verena (author)
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL),Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
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- Favero, Matteo (author)
- Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU),Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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- Hahn, Jakob (author)
- Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München,Munich University of Applied Sciences
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- Khovalyg, Dolaana (author)
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL),Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
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- Knudsen, Henrik N. (author)
- Aalborg Universitet,Aalborg University
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- Navarro, Alessandra L. (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- Roetzel, Astrid (author)
- Deakin University
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- Sangogboye, Fisayo C. (author)
- Syddansk Universitet,University of Southern Denmark
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- Schweiker, Marcel (author)
- Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen,RWTH Aachen University
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Taheri, Mahnameh (author)
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- Teli, Despoina, 1980 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Touchie, Marianne (author)
- University of Toronto
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- Verbruggen, Silke (author)
- Universiteit Gent,Ghent university
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- 2021-03-12
- 2021
- English.
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In: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 13:6
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- Buildings’ expected (projected, simulated) energy use frequently does not match actual observations. This is commonly referred to as the energy performance gap. As such, many factors can contribute to the disagreement between expectations and observations. These include, for in-stance, uncertainty about buildings’ geometry, construction, systems, and weather conditions. However, the role of occupants in the energy performance gap has recently attracted much atten-tion. It has even been suggested that occupants are the main cause of the energy performance gap. This, in turn, has led to suggestions that better models of occupant behavior can reduce the energy performance gap. The present effort aims at the review and evaluation of the evidence for such claims. To this end, a systematic literature search was conducted and relevant publications were identified and reviewed in detail. The review entailed the categorization of the studies according to the scope and strength of the evidence for occupants’ role in the energy performance gap. Moreover, deployed calculation and monitoring methods, normalization procedures, and reported causes and magnitudes of the energy performance gap were documented and evaluated. The results suggest that the role of occupants as significant or exclusive contributors to the energy performance gap is not sufficiently substantiated by evidence.
Subject headings
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Byggproduktion (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Civil Engineering -- Construction Management (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Naturresursteknik -- Energisystem (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Environmental Engineering -- Energy Systems (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Husbyggnad (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Civil Engineering -- Building Technologies (hsv//eng)
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- Performance gap
- Occupant behavior
- Buildings
- Energy
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