An approach for building occupancy modelling considering the urban context

H Hou, J Pawlak, A Sivakumar, B Howard… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Building occupancy, which reflects occupant presence, movements and activities within the
building space, is a key factor to consider in building energy modelling and simulation …

[HTML][HTML] Building occupancy modelling at the district level: A combined copula-nested hazard-based approach

H Hou, J Pawlak, A Sivakumar, B Howard - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Planning and managing an energy system in a district require a comprehensive
understanding and accurate modelling of people's occupancy and circulation among …

A context-aware method for building occupancy prediction

AA Adamopoulou, AM Tryferidis, DK Tzovaras - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper a building occupancy prediction method is presented, which is based on the
spatio-temporal analysis of historical data (occupancy modelling) and further relies heavily …

Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data

R Zhang, T Zhou, H Ye, J Darkwa - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of growing concerns over energy consumption and sustainability, accurate
modelling of occupancy patterns within residential buildings is critical. In this study, a novel …

Predicting people's presence in buildings: An empirically based model performance analysis

A Mahdavi, F Tahmasebi - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Building performance is influenced by occupants' presence and actions. Knowledge of
occupants' future presence and behaviour in buildings is of central importance to the …

A framework to identify key occupancy indicators for optimizing building operation using WiFi connection count data

N Alishahi, M Nik-Bakht, MM Ouf - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Adapting building systems' operation to occupancy variations can provide significant energy
savings, but this is typically constrained by the unavailability of occupancy information …

Stochastic models of occupants' presence in the context building systems control

F Tahmasebi, A Mahdavi - Advances in Building Energy Research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Building performance is influenced by occupants' presence and actions. Knowledge of
occupants' future presence and behaviour in buildings is of central importance to the …

Modelling urban-scale occupant behaviour, mobility, and energy in buildings: A survey

FD Salim, B Dong, M Ouf, Q Wang, I Pigliautile… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The proliferation of urban sensing, IoT, and big data in cities provides unprecedented
opportunities for a deeper understanding of occupant behaviour and energy usage patterns …

Modeling occupancy and behavior for better building design and operation—A critical review

B Dong, D Yan, Z Li, Y Jin, X Feng, H Fontenot - Building Simulation, 2018 - Springer
People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

A multi-domain data collection strategy for capturing relationships between occupant behaviour, comfort, indoor environment, and energy use in office

VM Barthelmes, C Karmann, D Licina… - Windsor 2020 …, 2020 - infoscience.epfl.ch
A significant corpus of research has shown that occupant behaviour is a key factor of
uncertainty when predicting building energy use. Building occupants affect energy use …