Abstracts Business

Occupants' Energy Use Behavior in Shared Spaces: Characteristics, Mechanism, and Improvement Strategies

by Jiaolan Zhu

In shared working and living spaces of business and service buildings, occupants have low motivation to save energy. Therefore, their energy use behavior significantly impacts the energy efficiency of those buildings. This research developed a data-driven approach to examine occupants' energy use behavior in shared spaces, including their characteristics, interaction mechanisms, and improvement strategies. This study contributes to a systematic understanding of occupants' energy use behavior in shared spaces through revised group dynamic theory. The findings could help develop customized intervention strategies to improve occupants' energy use behaviour in shared spaces and reduce building energy consumption during the operational stage.