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Revealing occupancy patterns in an office building through the use of occupancy sensor data

Submitted by sanghlee on Mon, 07/13/2015 - 10:58
TitleRevealing occupancy patterns in an office building through the use of occupancy sensor data
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsDuarte, C, Van den Wymelenberg, K, Rieger, C
JournalEnergy and Buildings
Volume67
Pagination587-595
Date PublishedDec
ISBN Number0378-7788
Accession NumberWOS:000328094000060
Keywordsbehavior, Data mining, demand-controlled ventilation, energy simulation, Occupancy patterns, office building, simulation, strategy, systems
Abstract

Energy simulation programs like DOE-2 and EnergyPlus are tools that have been proven to aid with energy calculations to predict energy use in buildings. Some inputs to energy simulation models are relatively easy to find, including building size, orientation, construction materials, and HVAC system size and type. Others vary with time (e.g. weather and occupancy) and some can be a challenge to estimate in order to create an accurate simulation. In this paper, the analysis of occupancy sensor data for a large commercial, multi-tenant office building is presented. It details occupancy diversity factors for private offices and summarizes the same for open offices, hallways, conference rooms, break rooms, and restrooms in order to better inform energy simulation parameters. Long-term data were collected allowing results to be presented to show variations of occupancy diversity factors in private offices for time of day, day of the week, holidays, and month of the year. The diversity factors presented differ as much as 46% from those currently published in ASHRAE 90.1 2004 energy cost method guidelines, a document referenced by energy modelers regarding occupancy diversity factors for simulations. This may result in misleading simulation results and may introduce inefficiencies in the final equipment and systems design. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.