Effect of Occupants Behaviors on Cooling/Heating Load of a Single Dwelling in a Residential Building Estimated by Total Utility Demand Prediction System TUD-PS Considering Variation in the Behavior Schedules of Residents

Abstract

The effect of occupants' behaviors, such as changing room set temperature and opening/closing curtains on the heating/cooling load of a dwelling in a residential building was investigated based on the building energy simulation coupled with a stochastic model for the interdiurnal variation of behavior schedule. The results revealed that the influence of the change of room set temperature on the peak values is much smaller than that on the annual total of the heating/cooling load.