.Buildings.Occupants.Office.Blinds.Inkarojrit2008BlindsSolarIntensity

Information

Model predicting the state of the blinds with the solar intensity at the window and occupancy.

Dynamics

When the space is unoccupied, the blinds are always down. When the space is occupied, the lower the solar intensity, the higher the chance that the blind is up.

References

The model is documented in the paper "Inkarojrit, V., 2008. Monitoring and modelling of manually-controlled Venetian blinds in private offices: a pilot study. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 1(2), pp.75-89."

The model parameters are regressed from the field study in California in 2008 from 113 naturally ventilated buildings.

Revisions

• July 23, 2018, by Zhe Wang:
  First implementation.
• August 31, 2018, by Zhe Wang:
  First revision.