Smart Cities

Chapter 17A Framework to Achieve Large Scale Energy Savings for Building Stocks through Targeted Occupancy Interventions¹

Aslihan Karatas¹, Allisandra Stoiko² and Carol C. Menassa¹

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

²Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

¹ Contents of this chapter originally appeared in the following article: Karatas, A., Stoiko, A., and Menassa, C. (2016) A framework for selecting occupancy-focused energy interventions in buildings. Building Research and Information, Special Issue: Building governance and climate change: regulation and related policies, Taylor and Francis. 44(5–6), 535–551. This chapter is reprinted with permission of the publisher (Taylor & Francis Ltd, http://www.tandfonline.com).

Chapter Menu

Introduction

Objectives

Review of Occupancy-Focused Energy Efficiency Interventions

Role of Occupants' Characteristics in Building Energy Use

A Conceptual Framework for Delivering Targeted Occupancy-Focused Interventions

Case Study Example

Discussion

Conclusions and Policy Implications

Objectives

• • To become familiar with occupants' energy use characteristics and their major impact on building energy use.
• • To introduce a multilevel framework for occupancy energy use intervention strategies in buildings.
• • To become familiar with the MOA methodology to collect occupancy energy use characteristics data.
• • To introduce a link between occupants' energy ...