The Impact of Occupants in Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Buildings
- Authors: António Ruano1, Karol Bot2, Maria da Graça Ruano3
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View Affiliations Hide Affiliations1 Universidade do Algarve, 8005 294 Faro, Portugal 2 Universidade do Algarve, 8005-294 Faro, Portugal 3 Universidade do Algarve, 8005-294 Faro, Portugal
- Source: Occupant Behaviour in Buildings: Advances and Challenges , pp 101-137
- Publication Date: July 2021
- Language: English
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The chapter reviews the impact of occupancy in buildings, in particular in thermal comfort and energy efficiency. Concerning the first issue, this chapter will first propose a means to estimate occupancy, the impact of occupation in thermal comfort measured by the Predicted Mean Vote index, and its use for real-time control of HVAC equipment. All data used are measured data of a real university building under normal occupation. The effect of occupancy in energy efficiency will focus on the residential segment, using data of a recent installation of a data acquisition and control system in a household located in the south of Portugal. This work shows that the impact of occupancy in electricity consumption becomes more evident as the electric energy is being desegregated and that the availability of this information by the occupants can be used to improve energy efficiency. Moreover, the use of occupation in the design of electric consumption forecasting methods will also be discussed.
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