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Resident behavioural changes through personal feedback on indoor environment measurements.

Number: pap. 1126

Author(s) : ANDERSEN S.

Summary

The scope of the paper was to investigate opportunities to influence occupant behaviour in seven Danish apartments in order to obtain improved indoor environment and reduced energy consumption. The aim was to investigate intervention methods with continuous feedback and monthly feedback sessions. Recordings of the indoor temperature, relative humidity, CO2 concentration, window opening frequency and radiator thermostat settings were conducted. One group of participants were only exposed to continuous feedback on CO2 concentration, temperature and relative humidity, while another group was exposed to both continuous feedback and monthly feedback meeting. At the monthly feedback meetings the occupants were introduced to the recordings and guidance on which changes in the occupant behaviour could improve the indoor environment were given. The recordings were visualised to the occupants as charts showing the time distribution of each parameter (temperature, relative humidity and air quality) within the indoor environment categories of EN 15251, 2007. No clearly defined changes in the user behaviour were observed, but recording of tendencies imply a certain effect of the interventions. The tendencies revealed that both continuous and monthly feedback must be used to obtain an effect. The investigation revealed that intervention methods influenced the user behaviour of the occupants, but the occupants must be motivated to follow the interventions.

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  • Original title: Resident behavioural changes through personal feedback on indoor environment measurements.
  • Record ID : 30010670
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment
  • Source: Clima 2013. 11th REHVA World Congress and 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings.
  • Publication date: 2013/06/16

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