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Occupant-centric Building Systems and Control Strategies

Bearbeiterin: Vincent van Karsbergen

Betreuer: Rainer Pfluger

Kurzfassung

Research objectives
In this work, the gap between building control strategies and their effectiveness for usercentric comfort and energy efficiency is addressed. The main research question is:

How can we further improve user comfort and energy efficiency by integral, occupantcentric building control strategies considering both thermal and visual comfort criteria as well as maximizing energy efficiency?

Subquestions:

1. How energy efficient is integral OCC in office buildings compared to today’s conventional standards?
   • What is needed to simulate integral OCC for open plan offices?
   • How can user comfort / satisfaction be measured in a consistent way?
   • Which office and zoning types should be addressed for optimal OCC of day and artificial lighting?
2. How can we implement OCC in the planning process of a real building?
   • How can we incorporate OCC strategies in early design phase building energy performance simulations (BEPS)?
   • How can we guarantee flexibility in case of e.g. reordering the office configurations?
   • Which parameters need to be considered in order to be able to further optimize OCCs in the future with respect to current building system development trends?