The impact of occupants’ behaviours on building energy analysis: A research review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue , 2017, Pages 1061-1071

  Delzendeh, Elham ^a   Wu, Song ^a   Lee, Angela ^a   Zhou, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building energy consumption; Energy behaviour; Energy simulation; Occupancy; Occupant behaviour; Review

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY BEHAVIOURS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; IN-BUILDINGS; OCCUPANCY; OCCUPANTS BEHAVIOURS; RESEARCH REVIEW;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 85019968192     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.264     Document Type: Review

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