Survey-based Exploratory Factor Analysis of Building-Occupant Behavior Interaction: A Case Study in Panama

Abstract

Surveys, as a tool for data collection, allow us to carry out exploratory factor analysis studies in an agile, efficient and economical way. This report consolidates the aspects that define the behavior of occupants in office buildings together with the external or internal stimuli that provoke reactions. Consequently, the objective may or may not be adaptive, to adjust the conditions of the environment and whose purpose is to preserve the comfort and/or good quality of the interior environment. For this purpose, two population samples are chosen for convenience and in different spaces and periods, to understand and estimate the possible impacts on electricity consumption in office buildings, of the Technological University of Panama (UTP).