evaluation of the occupancy patterns effect and managerial decisions on the energy consumption of an educational building

Identifying and modeling the occupancy pattern and variable parameters affecting the energy consumptionof a building is a key factor in optimizing the energy consumption in the buildings. in addition to the fixedparameters, variable parameters such as occupancy patterns affect the energy consumption of buildings.these factors are the most important issues that can help to reduce the difference between actual andsimulated energy consumption. there is only a little evidence in the literature regarding the pattern of theoccupant. factors that are heavily dependent on the occupancy pattern include lighting, heating, cooling,and so on. in large commercial or office buildings, the implementation of some management programshelps to reduce energy consumption. this study aims to investigate the effect of occupancy patterns,facility managers, and managerial decisions on the cooling energy consumption in an educational buildingin tehran to reduce uncertainty in the energy consumption forecasting. this study examines the influenceof the presence of an occupant, aggregation of places, and the change in the temperature set point based onthe predicted mean vote (pmv) index on the cooling energy consumption in an educational building. itshould be noted that suggesting some new managerial methods are considered as the innovations of thepresent study. among the tested various methods for reducing the cooling energy consumption, changingthe temperature set point of the cooling system by 4.26% had the greatest impact on the reduction of thecooling energy consumption in the building.