Occupant-proof buildings: Can we design buildings that are robust against occupant behaviour?

Proceedings of BS 2013: 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1746-1754

  O'brien, William ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING DESIGNERS; DESIGN SYSTEMS; ENERGY USE; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; ROBUST DESIGNS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84886676476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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