Development of Adaptive Model and Occupant Behavior Model in Four Office Buildings in Nagasaki, Japan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Development of Adaptive Model and Occupant Behavior Model in Four Office Buildings in Nagasaki, Japan

Published:2023-08-18 Issue:16 Volume:16 Page:6060
ISSN:1996-1073
Container-title:Energies
language:en
Short-container-title:Energies

Author:

Genjo Kahori¹^ORCID,Nakanishi Haruna¹,Oki Momoka¹,Imagawa Hikaru²,Uno Tomoko³^ORCID,Saito Teruyuki⁴,Takata Hiroshi⁵,Tsuzuki Kazuyo⁶^ORCID,Nakaya Takashi⁷^ORCID,Nishina Daisaku⁸,Hasegawa Kenichi⁹^ORCID,Mori Taro¹⁰^ORCID,Rijal Hom Bahadur¹¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan

2. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, 5-16-1 Omiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka 535-8585, Japan

3. Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Mukogawa Women’s University, 1-13 Tozaki-cho, Nishinomiya 663-8121, Japan

4. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

5. Faculty of Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan

6. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Osaka 564-8680, Japan

7. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan

8. Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan

9. Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, Akita Prefectural University, 84-4 Tsuchiya, Akita 015-0055, Japan

10. Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

11. Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment, Tokyo City University, 3-3-1 Ushikubo-nishi, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224-8551, Japan

Abstract

A field survey of indoor environmental measurements and questionnaires on thermal sensation, overall comfort, and behaviors was conducted in four office buildings in Japan by visiting each office every month over a duration of more than a year during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The indoor environment was measured concurrently. We obtained 1047 votes from office workers in their 20s to 60s. The regression and Griffiths’ methods were used to calculate the indoor comfort temperature. A logistic regression analysis was used to develop the occupant behavior model. Over 70% of the occupants found the indoor environment comfortable at a mean comfort temperature of 23.2 to 25.9 °C. Gender differences were observed in thermal sensation and overall comfort, but a gender difference was observed only in the cooling mode for the indoor comfort temperature. An adaptive model was developed for the office buildings in Nagasaki city to predict the indoor comfort temperature from the outdoor air temperature. The proportions of heating, cooling, and fan usage can be predicted from the outdoor air temperature using a logistic regression analysis. The adaptive model and occupant behavior model are useful for the indoor temperature control of the existing buildings and thermal simulation of the new building design.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/16/6060/pdf

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