Modelling method of inter-building movement for campus-scale occupancy simulation: A case study

Mingya Zhu; Yiqun Pan; Zejun Wu; Zhizhong Huang; Risto Kosonen

doi:10.1007/s12273-022-0948-2

Building Simulation 2023, 16(3): 461-481 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-022-0948-2

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Modelling method of inter-building movement for campus-scale occupancy simulation: A case study

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Mingya Zhu^¹, Yiqun Pan^¹(

), Zejun Wu^¹, Zhizhong Huang^², Risto Kosonen^{³^,⁴}

School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Sino-German College of Applied Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

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stochastic process, occupancy modelling, event description, inter-building movement, transition probability, campus buildings, data acquisition

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Zhu M, Pan Y, Wu Z, et al. Modelling method of inter-building movement for campus-scale occupancy simulation: A case study. Building Simulation, 2023, 16(3): 461-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-022-0948-2

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As an important factor in the investigation of building energy consumption, occupant behavior (OB) has been widely studied on the building level. However so far, studies of OB modelling on the district scale remain limited. Indeed, district-scale OB modelling has been facing the challenges from the scarcity of district-scale data, modelling methods, as well as simulation application. This study initiates the extrapolation of occupancy modelling methodology from building level to district scale through proposing modelling methods of inter-building movements. The proposed modelling methods utilize multiple distribution fittings and Bayesian network to upscale the event description methods from inter-zone movement events at the building level to inter-building movement events at the district level. This study provides a framework on the application of the proposed modelling methods for a university campus in the suburbs of Shanghai, taking advantages of data sensing, monitoring and survey techniques. With the collected campus-scale occupancy data, this paper defines five patterns of inter-building movement. One pattern represents the dominated inter-building movement events for one kind of students in their daily campus life. Based on the quantitative descriptions for various inter-building movement events, this study performs the stochastic simulation for the campus district, using Markov chain models. The simulation results are then validated with the campus-scale occupancy measurement data. Furthermore, the impact of inter-building movement modelling methods on building energy demand is evaluated for the library building, taking the deterministic occupancy schedules suggested by current building design standard as a baseline.

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Modelling method of inter-building movement for campus-scale occupancy simulation: A case study

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Mingya Zhu^¹, Yiqun Pan^¹(

), Zejun Wu^¹, Zhizhong Huang^², Risto Kosonen^{³^,⁴}

School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Sino-German College of Applied Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

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Keywords: stochastic process, occupancy modelling, event description, inter-building movement, transition probability, campus buildings, data acquisition

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Received: 16 May 2022

Revised: 30 August 2022

Accepted: 29 September 2022

Published: 12 November 2022

Issue date: March 2023

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This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51978481).