Seminar 08 -- Introduction to ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database

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People spend nearly 90% of their time in buildings. Recent research studies demonstrated that occupant behaviors have significant impact on the building performance in relation to indoor environment and energy use. With the support from ASHRAE, we have developed a global occupant behavior database that collects and stores field measured occupant data, including occupant schedules (presence and people counting) and occupant behaviors (interactions with devices, equipment and systems in buildings) from 17 countries around the world. This seminar aims to introduce this new ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database, its data schema and example data sets.

1. ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database: An Overview
   Bing Dong, Ph.D., Associate Member, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2. Representing Occupant Data with the Extended Brick Schema
   Tianzhen Hong, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
3. A Living Lab Approach to Studying Occupants in Office Buildings: Results and Lessons Learned
   Liam O’Brien, Ph.D., Associate Member, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
4. Giving Occupant Behavior Data a Second Life
   Clinton Andrews, Ph.D., P.E., Member, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ