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 …
The complexity of occupant behavior is one of the major contributors to uncertainty in building performance simulation. Agent-based modeling (ABM), a computational simulation …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Contamination events in water distribution systems (WDSs) are highly dangerous events in very vulnerable infrastructure where a quick response by water utility managers is …