Marsh, Anthony;
Ruyssevelt, Paul;
Korolija, Ivan;
(2021)
A Sociotechnical Perspective on Winter Window Opening and Heating Controls in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation.
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Proceedings of the CIBSE Technical Symposium 2021.
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE): Virtual conference.
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Abstract
The auto-generation of UK school building stock models could facilitate non-domestic carbon emissions tracking. However, contextual fabric and building service data are required to differentiate between asset or operational performance, and these may only be available in situ from building users. Engaging such groups through proposed data crowdsourcing would require robust feedback and data gathering mechanisms to be developed to overcome motivational and informational barriers. There has been significant investment in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) across the UK. A case study research design was used to investigate the in-use performance of two recently built PBSA developments by monitoring indoor environmental quality, radiator use, and window opening, alongside semi-structured interviews with the building’s residents. The results showed that during the heating season the study participants typically controlled the conditions in their bedrooms by opening their windows regularly, often for long periods, and frequently whilst the heating was on. Five behavioural causes of consistent winter window opening were identified. These were to prevent overheating, inadequate ventilation, poor understanding of the controls, lack of responsiveness of the heating system, and lack of financial implications. Important lessons for the future design of PBSA are identified.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | A Sociotechnical Perspective on Winter Window Opening and Heating Controls in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation |
| Event: | CIBSE Technical Symposium 2021 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.cibse.org/technical-symposium/past-pap... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Student accommodation; overheating; indoor air quality; window opening; heating controls; occupant behaviour |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149643 |
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