This book highlights the importance of human behaviour in the building design process with a
focus on the construction of zero-energy buildings. It reports on and discusses the strategies
the authors have adopted to develop behavioural models and explains how to integrate them into
building design. The analyses and findings presented in the book are supported by novel
experimental data derived from building monitoring projects carried out by the authors'
research group. Further the book suggests key methodologies and modelling approaches. The
authors subsequently address occupants' behaviour in zero-energy buildings from an energy
perspective. They investigate many different aspects of the interactions between users and
buildings devices from assessing the triggering factors of occupants' behaviours to
discussing modelling and simulation approaches. Methods for acquiring and analysing
experimental data are presented as well as a discussion on objective and subjective factors
that trigger occupants' behaviour. Other content includes: experimental investigations from
real case studies to assess occupants' interaction with building devices an assessment of the
driving factors that trigger human actions to identify the key parameters in the behavioural
models and critical suggestions on monitoring and modelling approaches to optimise data
acquisition and modelling methods. The guidelines presented here will allow designers and
researchers to improve the accuracy of their simulations of buildings energy performance and
support both building design and management processes. It will be of particular use to
researchers involved in the development of behavioural models as it presents experimental data
and a comprehensive overview of behavioural modelling. The book will also be of interest to
students who are studying the behavioural component of integrated building design.
