The impact of occupant behaviour on residential greenhouse gas emissions reduction Hetherington, Joshua, Roetzel, Astrid and Fuller, Robert 2015, The impact of occupant behaviour on residential greenhouse gas emissions reduction, Journal of green building, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 127-140, doi: 10.3992/jgb.10.4.127. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of occupant behaviour on residential greenhouse gas emissions reduction Author(s) Hetherington, Joshua Roetzel, Astrid Fuller, Robert Journal name Journal of green building Volume number 10 Issue number 4 Start page 127 End page 140 Total pages 14 Publisher College Publishing Place of publication Glen Allen, Va. Publication date 2015-09-01 ISSN 1552-6100 1943-4618 Keyword(s) ranking occupant behavior impact greenhouse gas emissions simulations Summary In 2011-12, greenhouse gas emissions from the Australian residential sector were 101.6 Mt and are expected to grow by 38% by 2050. In order to reduce these emissions, much emphasis has been placed on increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and appliances. Occupant behaviour, however, is probably the single most significant factor which determines energy use and emissions. This paper describes research undertaken to rank the most common occupant behaviours, based upon their impact on greenhouse gas emissions associated with residential energy use, in an architect-designed house in Australia. The occupant behaviours investigated were changing: the heating and cooling temperature set points, window openings, external blind use and lighting use. Simulations were carried out using Primero and EnergyPlus software. Based on the simulation results of greenhouse gas emissions, the following ranking of overall influence (from most influential to the least) has been determined: external blind use was one of the most effective measures to reduce emissions. Cooling set point temperature was similarly important with the magnitude of impact depending on the set point e.g. a 2°C increase had an impact comparable to the use of external blinds. The impact of the heating set point temperature was also dependent on the set point and overall slightly lower compared to the cooling set point temperature. Lighting use was the least influential parameter in the context of this study. Language eng DOI 10.3992/jgb.10.4.127 Field of Research 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design) 1202 Building 1201 Architecture Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, College Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082879 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Architecture and Built Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 18:50:35 EST Sat, 16 Apr 2016, 05:02:09 EST Mon, 18 Apr 2016, 08:37:53 EST Tue, 12 Jul 2016, 15:47:13 EST Wed, 13 Jul 2016, 06:08:04 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2016, 13:13:29 EST Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 10:54:08 EST Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 13:16:29 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 15:05:53 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:20:13 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:55:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 91 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 12 Jul 2016, 15:47:13 EST

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