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F. Tahmasebi, A. Mahdavi:
"An inquiry into reliability of occupant behaviour models for building performance simulation";
Talk: Vienna Young Scientists Symposium 2016, Vienna; 2016-06-09 - 2016-06-10; in: "Proceedings of Vienna Young Scientists Symposium 2016", B. Ullmann, .. TU Wien et al. (ed.); Eigenverlag mit wissenschaftlichem Lektorat / TU Wien, (2016), ISBN: 978-3-9504017-2-1; Paper ID ARP4, 2 pages.

Use of advanced occupancy related models is gaining momentum in the building simulation community. In line with the activities in the ongoing IEA Annex 66, numerous monitoring campaigns of occupants' behavior, developement of a variety of occupanmt behavior models, and examination of different workflows for integration of these models into building simulation tools have been collectively contributing to enhance the representation of occupants in building performance simulation. However, arguably, most existing behavourial models predominantely derived based on rather limited sets of observational data and are not subjected to external validation in different settings. In addition, as highlighted in previous publications, the relationship between the purpoise of building performance simulation-based studies and the choice of occupancy-related models is arguably not well understood. Thus, the use of occupant behaviour models in building performance simulation and teir predictive potential in different contexts involves potentially detrimental uncertainties.

(no german version available). Use of advanced occupancy related models is gaining momentum in the building simulation community. In line with the activities in the ongoing IEA Annex 66, numerous monitoring campaigns of occupants' behavior, developement of a variety of occupanmt behavior models, and examination of different workflows for integration of these models into building simulation tools have been collectively contributing to enhance the representation of occupants in building performance simulation. However, arguably, most existing behavourial models predominantely derived based on rather limited sets of observational data and are not subjected to external validation in different settings. In addition, as highlighted in previous publications, the relationship between the purpoise of building performance simulation-based studies and the choice of occupancy-related models is arguably not well understood. Thus, the use of occupant behaviour models in building performance simulation and teir predictive potential in different contexts involves potentially detrimental uncertainties.