Investigating Occupant Behaviour to Improve Energy Efficiency in Social Housing: Case Study

Author

Lotfi, Ahmad ; Jalil, Latif Imran ; Al-Habaibeh, Amin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Nottingham Trent Univ., Nottingham, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

16-17 July 2013

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

128

Abstract

In this paper an investigation into the energy efficiency in social housing is presented. Means of improving energy efficiency in 40 homes grouped in 9 different archetypes are studied. Improving building fabric is initially investigated. Occupant´s behavioural pattern will be studied to make informed decision and consequently reduce the energy consumption. The project aims to highlight important correlation between external ambient temperature and building fabrics, occupancy behavioural pattern in relationship with the ambient temperature and using contemporary energy efficiency measures to reduce energy consumption.

Keywords

building management systems; energy conservation; energy consumption; building fabric; contemporary energy efficiency measures; energy consumption reduction; energy efficiency improvement; external ambient temperature; homes; occupant behavioural pattern; social housing; Buildings; Energy efficiency; Fabrics; Heating; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Energy efficiency; Infrared imaging; Intelligent monitoring; Occupant behaviour; social housing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Environments (IE), 2013 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IE.2013.41

Filename

6597800