Occupant migration monitoring in residential buildings with the use of a depth registration camera. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dziedzic, Jakub; Yan, Da; Novakovic, Vojislav
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 205(2017)
• Page Start: 1193
• Page End: 1200
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Occupant behavior -- Occupant movement -- Data mining -- Pattern recognition; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.10.352
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: Energy performance of residential buildings depends on geographical location, building design, occupancy status/level, culture and many other factors. Until today, there have been no applicable measurement methods that would be able to describe occupant behavior without exceeding ethical borders. This paper discusses the use of a depth registration technique (surface scanning) to monitor movement/migration of one occupant residing for 48 hours inside the ZEB Living Lab dwelling, located in Trondheim, Norway. The recorded data and the obtained results may validate the accuracy of the existing models or become foundation for developing a new occupant behavior model – the Building Occupant Transient Agent Based Model (BOT-ABM).