Developing a design framework to facilitate adaptive behaviours

Abstract

Adaptive behaviour has a significant impact on the quality of indoor environment, comfort, and energy consumption. Therefore, facilitating positive occupant behaviours will improve these three factors. The aim of this paper is to develop a design framework that can be used as part of the design process to facilitate adaptive behaviours.This paper reviews studies that focus on reasons behind adaptive behaviours, and implication of these adaptive behaviours on the built environment. This paper highlights that 'Context', 'Occupant', and 'Building' (COB) have the most influence on adaptive behaviours. However, in most cases their influence is not considered holistically. This study also illustrates that adaptive behaviour has implications for the quality of Indoor environment, level of Comfort, and Energy consumption (ICE).This paper introduces a framework consisting of three stages: (1) Evaluate the relation between COB and ICE factors with adaptive behaviours holistically; (2) Design building's controls for 'environmental behaviours', set-up strategies for 'personal behaviours', and find a balance between these two; 3) Monitor the performance of adaptive behaviours through Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE).

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in naturally-ventilated primary schools in the UK: Occupant-related factors

“…It is shown that large openings can be used for still summer days and small high-level openings can be used for winter days to avoid overheating [50,69]. Windows at different levels (high and low-level openings) and sizes (small and large) can provide IAQ [15,20,50,[69][70][71] during both heating and non-heating seasons. Therefore, classrooms with windows at different levels and sizes can potentially increase occupants' practice of ABs.…”

“…IAQ in classrooms is mainly assessed by CO2 levels [14][15][16][17][18], especially in buildings where people, exhaled air or bioeffluents are the main pollution sources [19]. Authors have previously suggested [20] that the main factors influencing IAQ in buildings fall into three categories of Context, Occupant and Building (COB).…”

Occupant action patterns regarding spatial and human factors in office environments

“…Human behaviour is complex and varied, and it may not be perfectly represented in a statistical model. However, with a better understanding of it, it is hoped to optimize designs and use of the built environment [92][93][94].…”

A Interação Humana Com Edifícios Verdes: Comportamentos Relevantes

“…Nicol e Humphreys (2002) ilustram que as pessoas com mais oportunidades de adaptação terão menor probabilidade de sofrer desconforto. Geralmente, níveis mais altos de conforto e satisfação são observados quando os controles fornecem a possibilidade de operações eficientes, fáceis, intuitivas e acessíveis aos ocupantes e quando estes podem adotar comportamentos adaptativos, explicam Korsavi et al (2018).…”

“…O edifício carece, segundo Cole (2008), de mudança no conceito do ocupante como receptor passivo, para usuário ativo que possa intervir no ambiente de forma a atingir os níveis de conforto esperado. Neste sentido, a APO (Avaliação Pós-Ocupação) é necessária, segundo Korsavi et al (2018), para descobrir como os ocupantes interagem com os controles, em que sequência adotam comportamentos adaptativos e para prever como os comportamentos afetam os fatores de qualidade interior, conforto e o consumo de energia.…”