.Buildings.Occupants.Residential.Windows.Nicol2001WindowsUK

Information

Model predicting the state of the 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 "Nicol, J.F., 2001, August. Characterising occupant behaviour in buildings: towards a stochastic model of occupant use of windows, lights, blinds, heaters and fans. In Proceedings of the seventh international IBPSA conference, Rio (Vol. 2, pp. 1073-1078)."

The model parameters are regressed from the field study in the UK in 1998 from 3600 naturally ventilated buildings.

Revisions

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