Occupant behaviour in energy efficient dwellings: evidence of a rebound effect

Santin, O. Guerra

doi:10.1007/s10901-012-9297-2

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“…The ET is lower for collective than for individual heating systems. This is consistent with previous findings (Guerra Santin, 2013;Kelly et al, 2013). ET also depends on the type of fuel used in the heating system (electrical heating, gas, etc.).…”

Section: Building Usesupporting

confidence: 93%

Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2)

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Abstract. The anthropogenic heat flux can be an important part of the urban surface energy balance. Some of it is due to energy consumption inside buildings, which depends on building use and human behaviour, both of which are very heterogeneous in most urban areas. Urban canopy parametrisations (UCP), such as the Town Energy Balance (TEB), parametrise the effect of the buildings on the urban surface energy balance. They contain a simple building energy model. However, the variety of building use and human behaviour at grid point scale has not yet been represented in state of the art UCPs. In this study, we describe how we enhance the Town Energy Balance in order to take fractional building use and human behaviour into account. We describe how we parametrise different behaviours and initialise the model for applications in France. We evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of the simulated building energy consumption for the city of Toulouse. We show that a more detailed description of building use and human behaviour enhances the simulation results. The model developments lay the groundwork for simulations of coupled urban climate and building energy consumption which are relevant for both the urban climate and the climate change mitigation and adaptation communities.

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Section: Building Usesupporting

confidence: 93%

Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2)

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“…Currently, a number of methods are available to help monitor principle occupant behaviour, e.g. window behaviour and heating behaviour, in buildings, for example, self-recording by the building occupants (Haldi and Robinson, 2008;Raja et al), electronic measurement devices (Spataru andGillott 2011, Yun andSteemers, 2010), surveyor observation (Wei et al 2013;Zhang and Barrett, 2012) and self-estimation by the building occupants (Guerra Santin, 2013;Huang et al 2014). A deep understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of each method is still highly needed so the most suitable method for refurbishment applications can be identified.…”

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Impact of occupant behaviour on the energy-saving potential of retrofit measures for a public building in the UK

Wei

Hassan

Firth

et al. 2016

Intelligent Buildings International

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In building refurbishment projects, dynamic building simulation is popularly used to predict the energy saving potential of various refurbishment scenarios.However, in this process, it is not clear whether occupant behaviour should be carefully modelled due to the lack of evidence about its impact on the prediction results. To answer this question, this study selected an UK public building and used dynamic building simulation to predict the energy saving potential of common refurbishment measures, under various occupant behavioural conditions. The results revealed that for the case study building occupants' heating behaviour has a significant impact on the predicted energy saving potential of all evaluated refurbishment measures: when changing from passive heating users to active heating users, the energy saving potential was nearly doubled. Although occupants' window opening behaviour was not shown to be as important as heating behaviour for the refurbishment of the case study building, it has a specific influence on the refurbishment measure of increasing window layers: when windows are opened longer, the effectiveness of increasing window layers on promoting the building energy efficiency is decreased. According to the findings from this study, occupant behaviour should be considered as an important aspect in building refurbishment projects.

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“…Haas et al (1998, p. 195) point out that in this case, "this increase will outweigh the conservation effect to a large extent and, hence, make conservation programs useless". This phenomenon is known in the literature as 'rebound' effect and other researchers have supported the presence of such a phenomenon through their studies (Galvin, 2015;Guerra Santin, 2013;Lin & Liu, 2015). On the other hand, Sunikka-Blank & Galvin (2012) indicate the presence of the opposite phenomenon in German households.…”

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The difference between theoretical and measured energy consumption in residential heating: Chilean case

Rojo

Fissore

Herde

2018

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At present, a large number of studies expose the differences between the results thrown by the classic models of energetic simulation (theoretical) and the measured data. This is strongly related to how people use energy in their households, especially when there is no automatic control over heating and ventilation systems. This will imply that the inputs, normally used in the energy simulation, do not necessarily take into account the actual use patterns of the heating and ventilation systems. This paper seeks to highlight the differences between the theoretical and measured energy consumption of Chilean homes. A set of houses, heated based on firewood, were studied in the city of Talca. The occupants of the dwellings were surveyed on the specific usage patterns of their heating systems and the quantity and characteristics of the firewood that they usually acquire. According to the results obtained, the energy consumed, on average, is about half of the expected consumption using classic models. Despite the difficulties involved in obtaining the information, it is considered necessary to deepen the real impact that public policies have on the reduction of energy consumption and air polluting emissions in the residential sector in Chile.

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Occupant behaviour in energy efficient dwellings: evidence of a rebound effect

Cited by 81 publications

References 31 publications

Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2)

Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2)

Impact of occupant behaviour on the energy-saving potential of retrofit measures for a public building in the UK

The difference between theoretical and measured energy consumption in residential heating: Chilean case

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