In December 2013, the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (EBC, formerly ECBCS) Executive Committee decided to launch the three-year working phase of the Annex 66 on Definition and Simulation of Occupant Behavior in Buildings::.
Contents
- Co operating agents
- Background
- Project description
- Subtask A Occupant movement and presence models
- Subtask B Occupant action models in residential buildings
- Subtask C Occupant action models in commercial buildings
- Subtask D Integration of occupant behavior models with current building energy modeling programs
- Subtask E Applications in building design and operations
- Participating countries and organizations
- Meetings
- Preparation phase
- Working phase
- Reporting phase
- References
Co-operating agents
The Annex 66 is led by two operating agents:
Background
Recent improvement of building energy performance is accompanied by numerical building energy simulations also more accurate and efficient. Climate, building envelop and systems are reliably modeled, while occupant behavior in buildings is over-simplified despite its significant impact on energy consumption in buildings. Having a deeper understanding of occupant behavior and being able to model and quantify its impact is crucial to design low energy buildings. Sociology perspective is widely used to improve quantitative analysis of behaviors.
Project description
More than 20 international groups study building occupant behavior but modeling methodologies differ. Annex66 purpose is to set up a standard occupant behavior platform, to establish a quantitative simulation methodology to model occupant behavior, and to quantify the influence of occupant behavior on building energy consumption.
The Annex workshop is divided into 5 subtasks
Subtask A: Occupant movement and presence models
Provide a standard definition and simulation methodology to represent moves between spaces and presences in zones.
Subtask B: Occupant action models in residential buildings
Provide a standard description of occupant actions in residential buildings.
Subtask C: Occupant action models in commercial buildings
Provide a standard description of occupant actions in commercial buildings.
Subtask D: Integration of occupant behavior models with current building energy modeling programs
Provide a framework in XML schema and a software module integrating description of the three first subtasks.
Subtask E: Applications in building design and operations
Provide real case studies to demonstrate applications of the developed occupant behavior platform.
Participating countries and organizations
In July 2015, 14 countries officially participated to the Annex66:
- Austria: Vienna University of Technology
- Canada: Carleton University
- China: Tsinghua University and Swire Properties
- Denmark: Technical University of Denmark
- Germany: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Italy: Polytechnic University of Turin
- Netherlands: Huygen Engineers and Consultants
- Poland: Poznań University of Technology
- Spain: School of Engineering of Terrassa
- New Zealand: BRANZ Ltd.
- Korea: Land and Housing Research Institute
- Norway: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- UK: University of Nottingham
- USA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Texas at San Antonio
Meetings
The Annex66 Community gathers twice a year.
Preparation phase
- Hong Kong: Swire Properties - March 13-14, 2014
- UK: University of Nottingham - August 4-6, 2014
Working phase
- USA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - March 30 - April 1, 2015
- Germany: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - August 3-5, 2015
- Austria: Vienna University of Technology - March 30 - April 1, 2016
- Canada: Carleton University - August 3-5, 2016
- Denmark: Technical University of Denmark - May 17 -19, 2017
Reporting phase
- China: Tsinghua University - 2017