An activity-based energy demand modeling framework for buildings: A bottom-up approach

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dc.contributor.authorSubbiah, Rajeshen
dc.contributor.committeechairMarathe, Madhav Vishnuen
dc.contributor.committeememberLum, Kristianen
dc.contributor.committeememberMarathe, Achlaen
dc.contributor.committeememberVullikanti, Anil Kumar S.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-24T08:00:47Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-24T08:00:47Zen
dc.date.issued2013-05-23en
dc.description.abstractEnergy consumption by buildings, due to various factors such as temperature regulation, lighting, poses a threat to our environment and energy resources. In the United States, statistics reveal that commercial and residential buildings combined contribute about 40 percent of the overall energy consumption, and this figure is expected to increase. In order to manage the growing demand for energy, there is a need for energy system optimization, which would require a realistic, high-resolution energy-demand model. In this work, we investigate and model the energy consumption of buildings by taking into account physical, structural, economic, and social factors that influence energy use. We propose a novel activity based modeling framework that generates an energy demand profile on a regular basis for a given nominal day.  We use this information to generate a building-level energy demand profile at highly dis-aggregated level. We then investigate the different possible uses of generated demand profiles in different What-if scenarios like urban-area planning, demand-side management, demand sensitive pricing, etc. We also provide a novel way to resolve correlational and consistency problems in the generation of individual-level and building-level "shared" activities which occur due to individuals\' interactions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1038en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23084en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectenergyen
dc.subjectbuildingsen
dc.subjectactivityen
dc.subjectregression modelsen
dc.subjectsmart griden
dc.subjectdemanden
dc.titleAn activity-based energy demand modeling framework for buildings: A bottom-up approachen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science and Applicationsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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