| id |
ddss2008-41 |
| authors |
Zimmermann, Gerhard |
| year |
2008 |
| title |
Individual Comfort in Open-Plan OfficesA Case Study |
| source |
H.J.P. Timmermans, B. de Vries (eds.) 2008, Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, ISBN 978-90-6814-173-3, University of Technology Eindhoven, published on CD |
| summary |
Although it was proven by many field studies of office environments that complete thermal user satisfaction can only be achieved by setting the indoor climate to individual user preferences, open-plan offices do not support this requirement. In addition, irregular occupancy of such offices leads to suboptimal energy usage. This paper will show how the design of such offices can be supported by tools that integrate individual thermal user preferences and schedules into performance simulations to test and evaluate different partitioning structures, HVAC equipment, and control strategies in regard to satisfaction and energy consumption. A case study is used as demonstrator. |
| keywords |
Computer Aided Architectural Design, Simulation of Users and the Built Environment, User Satisfaction |
| series |
DDSS |
| full text |
 file.pdf (225,613 bytes) |
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 Thermal Comfort, Analysis and Applications in Environmental Engineering
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Modeling User Control of Lighting and Shading Devices in Office Buildings: An Empirical Case Study
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Tabak, V. (2008)
User Simulation of Space Utilization
, PhD thesis, Department of Architecture, Building and Planning, Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Zimmermann, G. (2007)
Modeling and Simulation of Individual User Behavior for Building Performance Predictions
, Proc. 2007 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, San Diego, USA
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2008/09/01 17:06 |
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