Drivers of heating patterns and their impact on residential energy use
Research Project, 2019
– 2020
Household heating demand is influenced by the building properties but also by occupants’ heating patterns which are determined by factors varying greatly between people and locations. Building energy analyses, certification schemes and building stock modelling use in their calculations standard stable indoor temperatures to represent people’s heating patterns and focus on the building related impacts on energy use. This often leads to differences between calculated and actual energy use. It is therefore important to understand the contribution of different factors- especially occupant-related- to heating patterns and the associated energy use in order to better direct energy reduction strategies. This project aims to address this gap using the comprehensive BETSI database collected by Boverket in 2007/08, which includes data on buildings and their systems, occupants and their thermal perception as well as detailed indoor temperature measurements.
Participants
Despoina Teli (contact)
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering
Jan-Olof Dalenbäck
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering
Sarka Langer
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering
Collaborations
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
University of Gävle
Gävle, Sweden
Funding
Swedish Energy Agency
Project ID: 46850-1
Funding Chalmers participation during 2019–2020
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Energy
Areas of Advance