• Modeling occupant behavior in buildings 

      Carlucci, Salvatore; De Simone, Marilena; Firth, Steven K.; Kjærgaard, Mikkel B.; Markovic, Romana; Rahaman, Mohammed Saidur; Annaqeeb, Masab Khalid; Biandrate, Silvia; Das, Anooshmita; Dziedzic, Jakub Wladyslaw; Fajilla, GIanmarco; Favero, Matteo; Ferrando, Martina; Hahn, Jakob; Han, Mengjie; Peng, Yuzhen; Salim, Flora; Schluter, Arno; Van Treeck, Christoph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power, and technical solutions. This study reviews ...
    • The Role of Occupants in Buildings’ Energy Performance Gap: Myth or Reality? 

      Mahdavi, Ardeshir; Berger, Christiane; Amin, Hadeer; Ampatzi, Eleni; Korsholm Andersen, Rune; Azar, Elie; Barthelmes, Verena Marie; Favero, Matteo; Hahn, Jakob; Khovalyg, Dolaana; Knudsen, Henrik N.; Luna Navarro, Alessandra; Roetzel, Astrid; Sangogboye, Fisayo Caleb; Schweiker, Marcel; Taheri, Mahnameh; Teli, Despoina; Touchie, Marianne; Verbruggen, Silke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Buildings’ expected (projected, simulated) energy use frequently does not match actual observations. This is commonly referred to as the energy performance gap. As such, many factors can contribute to the disagreement ...