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A. Mahdavi, M. Del Bolgia, F. Tahmasebi:
"Understanding the user-driven natural ventilation in Buildings: Can we benefit from the operationalisation of high-level human-ecological concepts?";
in: "Proceedings of the 9th Windsor Conference", N. Fergus, S. Roaf, L. Brotas, M. Humphreys et al. (ed.); Windos Conference, Windso, 2016, 1304 - 1316.

Building inhabitants' presence and control actions are believed to considerably influence buildings' indoor enviornmental and energy performance. This has contributed to the recent increase in efforts toward developing dependable models of occupants' interactions with buildings' environmental systems. However, the quality and explanatory power of these models are mostly wanting. In this context, we discuss some human ecological concepts and their potential to contributie to a better understanding of the motivational background of occupantsÄ control actions. Specifically, we explore the operationalisation of these concepts with regard to user-driven window operation in an office building. Long-term observations of indoor and outdoor conditions together with a high-resolution data on the frequency of window operation actiona provide the basis to thest conjectures regarding parameters contributiong to control action probability levels.

(no german version) Building inhabitants' presence and control actions are believed to considerably influence buildings' indoor enviornmental and energy performance. This has contributed to the recent increase in efforts toward developing dependable models of occupants' interactions with buildings' environmental systems. However, the quality and explanatory power of these models are mostly wanting. In this context, we discuss some human ecological concepts and their potential to contributie to a better understanding of the motivational background of occupantsÄ control actions. Specifically, we explore the operationalisation of these concepts with regard to user-driven window operation in an office building. Long-term observations of indoor and outdoor conditions together with a high-resolution data on the frequency of window operation actiona provide the basis to thest conjectures regarding parameters contributiong to control action probability levels.

natrual ventilation, user behaviour, ecological potency, ecological valency