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Simulating the dynamics of occupant behaviour for power management in residential buildings
- Source :
- Energy and Buildings, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, 2013, 56, pp.85-93. ⟨10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.09.042⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778812004987; International audience; Inhabitant's decisions and actions have a strong impact on the energy consumption and are an important factor in reducing energy consumption and in modelling future energy trends. Energy simulations that take into account inhabitants' behaviour are benchmarked at office buildings using controlled activity profiles and predefined scenarios. In this paper we have proposed a co-simulation environment for energy smart homes that takes into account inhabitants' dynamic and social behaviour. Based on this kind of complex behaviour, the setpoints for different controllers are adjusted in the physical simulator. In this platform, human behaviour is modelled using the Brahms environment and the thermal model and controllers for different appliances are modelled as a physical simulator. The thermal model computes the temperature decrease/increase in a room based on the contextual information resulting from the behaviour simulator. This information is then given to the controller to act upon.
- Subjects :
- Power management
TEMPERATURE DECREASE
Engineering
020209 energy
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Social behaviour
7. Clean energy
Modelling
Control theory
Human behaviour
021105 building & construction
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Contextual information
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Simulation
Civil and Structural Engineering
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Control engineering
Building and Construction
Energy consumption
[INFO.INFO-MA]Computer Science [cs]/Multiagent Systems [cs.MA]
Dynamics (music)
Multiagent system
business
Energy (signal processing)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03787788
- Volume :
- 56
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Energy and Buildings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fb16c52444c0a5e7e0852ed00f319ea3