People and building performance are intimately linked. This chapter focuses on the issue of
occupant behavior; principally, its impact, and the influence of building performance on …

Occupant behavior has significant impacts on building energy performance and occupant
comfort. However, occupant behavior is not well understood and is often oversimplified in …

As our knowledge of buildings and the built environment has increased, so has the
complexity of optimizing the design and operation of buildings. It is now understood that as …

Occupant behaviour has a direct impact on building energy consumption. A better
understanding of human-building interactions enables to describe with higher accuracy the …

In the past twenty years, more stringent energy codes and environmental standards have led
to higher performance building designs that use less energy. Oftentimes, high performance …

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 …

Energy consumption and indoor environment of buildings are proved to be largely
influenced by the presence and behaviors of occupants. The uncertainty caused by …

Technology alone will not achieve building energy conservation goals, and humans and
their energy-related behavior in buildings must be included in energy performance efforts …

User satisfaction studies and measured performance studies reveal that there are significant
gaps between the design intent and the performance of buildings and systems over time and …

Occupants' presence and actions within the built environment are crucial aspects related to
understanding variations in energy use. Within this chapter, first, a nomenclature for the field …