TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating the impact of occupants on office building design
T2 - 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
AU - Abuimara, Tareq
AU - Gunay, Burak
AU - O'Brien, William
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Emerging evidence suggests that occupants play a significant role and contribute uncertainty to building energy performance, yet they are modelled using simple schedules that may not reflect reality. This paper examines the impact of occupant-related assumptions on the building simulation-based design process. Thirteen variants of the model of a real office building model were generated representing 13 occupant scenarios. Each occupant scenario was simulated with 32 different design alternatives. The design alternatives were ranked based on their energy performance. The results indicate that the ranking of about one-third of the 32 design features is significantly affected by occupant-related assumptions. The design decisions regarding window materials and ventilation mode are the most sensitive to occupant-related assumptions.
AB - Emerging evidence suggests that occupants play a significant role and contribute uncertainty to building energy performance, yet they are modelled using simple schedules that may not reflect reality. This paper examines the impact of occupant-related assumptions on the building simulation-based design process. Thirteen variants of the model of a real office building model were generated representing 13 occupant scenarios. Each occupant scenario was simulated with 32 different design alternatives. The design alternatives were ranked based on their energy performance. The results indicate that the ranking of about one-third of the 32 design features is significantly affected by occupant-related assumptions. The design decisions regarding window materials and ventilation mode are the most sensitive to occupant-related assumptions.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85107344824
T3 - Building Simulation Conference Proceedings
SP - 2115
EP - 2121
BT - 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
A2 - Corrado, Vincenzo
A2 - Fabrizio, Enrico
A2 - Gasparella, Andrea
A2 - Patuzzi, Francesco
PB - International Building Performance Simulation Association
Y2 - 2 September 2019 through 4 September 2019
ER -