Multi-agent Simulation of Occupant Behaviour Impact on Building Energy Consumption

摘要

Building energy consumption and environmental emission are significantly influenced by end-users, and building energy simulations tools are used to optimize the performance of the building. Currently, most of the simulation tools considered oversimplified behaviour and contribute to the energy gap between the predicted and actual consumption. However, the building energy performance also depends on occupant dynamic behaviours and this tools fails to capture the dynamic occupant behaviour. To overcome this, developing a co-simulation platform is an effective approach to integrate an occupant behaviour modelling using a multi-agent-based simulation with building energy simulation tools. The co-simulation process is conducted in Building Control Virtual Testbed (BCVTB), a virtual simulation coupling tool that integrates the two separate simulations on a time step basis. This method is applied to a case study of a multi-occupant office building within an engineering school in France. The result shows the applicability and relevance of the developed platform.