Screen LibraryExploring occupant behavior in buildings : methods and challenges /
This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods for building occupant behavior. As this is of growing importance for building design and for building performance optimization, the book aims to provide a sound scientific basis for experimental studies in this field. It introduces the...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods for building occupant behavior. As this is of growing importance for building design and for building performance optimization, the book aims to provide a sound scientific basis for experimental studies in this field. It introduces the reader to fundamental questions about the topic and unfolds the different fields related to occupant actions and comfort. This is followed by general questions about developing an appropriate research method and experimental design. A comprehensive overview of sensors for monitoring environmental and behavioral and action-related quantities helps to set up an experiment. In this context, different experimental environments and data collection methods (in-situ, laboratories, surveys) are introduced and discussed in terms of their suitability for the respective research question. Furthermore, data management and reporting is addressed. The book concludes with fundamental challenges in conducting occupant studies, with chapters on ground truth, ethics and privacy. |
| Carrier Form: | xxviii, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319614632 3319614630 |
| Index Number: | TJ163 |
| CLC: | TU201.5 |
| Call Number: | TU201.5/E967 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Occupancy and occupants' actions / Designing research / Sensing and data acquisition / Introduction to occupant research approaches / In situ approaches to studying occupants / Laboratory approaches to studying occupants / Survey and interview approaches to studying occupants / Validation and ground truths / Structured building data management : ontologies, queries, and platforms / Ethics and privacy / Concluding remarks and future outlook / |