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A. Mahdavi, C. Pröglhöf:
"Observation-based models of user control actions in buildings";
Talk: Plea 2008 - Toward Zero Energy Building - 22-24 Ocotber 2008, Dublin, Dublin; 2008-10-22 - 2008-10-24; in: "Plea 2008 - 25th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Dublin, 22nd to 24th October 2008", J.O. Lewis (ed.); (2008).

This paper summarizes the results of a long-term effort to study control-oriented occupant
behavior in a number of office buildings in Austria. Specifically, states and events pertaining
to occupancy, systems (particularly lighting and shading), indoor environment, and external
environment were monitored. The results were analyzed in view of potential patterns in
lighting and shading control behavior. Such patterns allow for derivation of predictive models
of user control behavior in buildings.

user actions, environmental systems, building automation, behavioral models