.Buildings.Occupants.Office.Windows.Zhang2012WindowsNorth

Information

Model predicting the state of the North-oriented window with the outdoor air temperature and occupancy.

Dynamics

When the space is unoccupied, the window is always closed. When the space is occupied, the lower the outdoor temperature is, the lower the chance to open the window.

References

The model is documented in the paper "Zhang, Y. and Barrett, P., 2012. Factors influencing the occupants’ window opening behaviour in a naturally ventilated office building. Building and Environment, 50, pp.125-134."

The model parameters are regressed from the field study in a naturally ventilated office building in Sheffield, UK in 2005/2006. The outdoor air temperature range during the study is 0 ~ 30 degC.

Revisions

• July 25, 2018, by Zhe Wang:
  First implementation.