Developing an Agent-Based Model to Explore the Impact of Social Networks on Building Occupant Energy Consumption

DOI

10.2991/icsd-16.2017.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

agent-based modeling; building energy comsumption; social network; occupant behavior

Abstract

Building occupant behavior has a great impact on the energy consumption in buildings. Indirect conservations are achieved through information transmission of energy efficiency measures from one occupant to his/her neighbours. Within the social network, energy use information can propagate through social networks and influence an occupant's energy consumption decisions. This paper develops a mathematical model for occupant energy consumption behavior and network information transmission. A case study of a residential building with one hundred and fifty occupants is used to illustrate the impact of occupants on the rest of their network in transferring information. Simulation results show that social interactions can improve energy efficiency and consequently reduce energy consumption of the whole building.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hui Xie
AU  - Tao-Tao Yin
AU  - Ya-Lin Wang
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Developing an Agent-Based Model to Explore the Impact of Social Networks on Building Occupant Energy Consumption
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd 2016 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 456
EP  - 459
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsd-16.2017.100
DO  - 10.2991/icsd-16.2017.100
ID  - Xie2016/12
ER  -