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 …

In recent years, research has emerged to quantitatively and qualitatively understand
occupants' interactions with buildings. However, there has been surprisingly little research …

Because the building sector has become a huge energy consumer, providing useful
approaches can help tackle this important issue. Windows are an important component of a …

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 …

Reducing energy consumption in the buildings sector requires significant changes, but
technology alone may fail to guarantee efficient energy performance. Human behavior plays …

The present paper illustrates the results of a literature review on occupants' behaviours,
assessing the actions' drivers. There is no general agreement about the reasons people …

This paper introduces a new paradigm to assess daylight in buildings called 'useful daylight
illuminance', or UDI. The UDI paradigm preserves much of the interpretive simplicity of the …

A simulation algorithm is proposed that predicts the lighting energy performance of manually
and automatically controlled electric lighting and blind systems in private and two-person …

This paper presents an overview of peer-reviewed investigations of subjective issues linked
to the use of daylighting in office buildings, particularly studies of preferred physical and …

Occupants play an unprecedented role on energy use of office buildings and they are often
perceived as one of the main causes of underperforming buildings. It is therefore necessary …