Mind the gap: Methodology discussion of the extraction and analysis of pilot phase data to generate multi-configuration household behavioural profiles

摘要

This paper constitutes the conclusion of a three-month pilot study, concluding March 2017, performedudin a CfSH level 5 housing projects in Lincolnshire, UK. The study uses purpose designed activity and occupancy logs,udclimate tracking and monitoring of interior environment through the use of data loggers. The research’s finaludoutput uses occupancy tracking by introducing self-observation and its translation to energy consumption by itsudintegration into multiple occupancy calculation methodologies to investigate these results within the post-pilotudstudy phase. The pilot study constitutes the development of these methods according to each house’s occupantsudand the research objectives. The study aims at generating multi-configuration household behavioural profilesudthrough extracting a comprehensive full set of data, including room functions, activities and factors that contributeudto energy consumption by balancing the use of logs and participant comfort. The research undertakes a bottomupudsurvey, assessing consumption information of frequently used equipment in the house and calculating variableudtotal consumption in accordance with the occupancy and activity logs. In addition, the use of an initial semistructuredudinterview that was undertaken to address the phenomenological causes that underline the observedudbehaviour, as well as account for non-quantifiable factors of behaviour. The findings of this study have shownudpatterns of behaviour that are atypical of usual design assumptions as well as a variety of household combinationsudthat interact uniquely with their buildings.