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Article: Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong
Title | Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong |
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Keywords | high-rise residential building energy consumption multiple influencing factors occupant behaviour energy conservation |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag, published in association with Tsinghua University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.com/journal/12273 |
Citation | Building Simulation, 2020, v. 13 n. 4, p. 753-769 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Buildings account for more than 90% of total electricity consumption in Hong Kong, one third of which comes from the residential sector. High-rise buildings dominate Hong Kong, but energy use in high-rise buildings has been insufficiently examined in previous studies, especially at the household or occupant level. This paper aims to explore the multiple factors that influence energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings, including the impact of occupant behaviours. The research was conducted through a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with 135 households of a typical forty-floor residential building in Hong Kong. The survey examined technical and physical factors, human-influenced factors and social factors of energy consumption, including building information, social demographics, energy-related occupant behaviour modes and the residents’ energy-saving attitudes. The results show that the monthly electricity bills of households at the twentieth floor or lower were 26% higher than those of households at higher floors during spring, summer and autumn, but similar during winter. This difference was attributed to various occupant behaviours, such as operating air-conditioners and opening windows. These findings expand the knowledge of occupant behaviour in high-rise residential buildings and inform building energy conservation policy-making in Hong Kong. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294856 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.326 |
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dc.contributor.author | Du, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, C | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pan, W | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-21T11:49:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-21T11:49:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Building Simulation, 2020, v. 13 n. 4, p. 753-769 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-3599 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294856 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Buildings account for more than 90% of total electricity consumption in Hong Kong, one third of which comes from the residential sector. High-rise buildings dominate Hong Kong, but energy use in high-rise buildings has been insufficiently examined in previous studies, especially at the household or occupant level. This paper aims to explore the multiple factors that influence energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings, including the impact of occupant behaviours. The research was conducted through a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with 135 households of a typical forty-floor residential building in Hong Kong. The survey examined technical and physical factors, human-influenced factors and social factors of energy consumption, including building information, social demographics, energy-related occupant behaviour modes and the residents’ energy-saving attitudes. The results show that the monthly electricity bills of households at the twentieth floor or lower were 26% higher than those of households at higher floors during spring, summer and autumn, but similar during winter. This difference was attributed to various occupant behaviours, such as operating air-conditioners and opening windows. These findings expand the knowledge of occupant behaviour in high-rise residential buildings and inform building energy conservation policy-making in Hong Kong. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag, published in association with Tsinghua University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.com/journal/12273 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Building Simulation | - |
dc.rights | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Building Simulation. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-020-0630-5 | - |
dc.subject | high-rise residential building | - |
dc.subject | energy consumption | - |
dc.subject | multiple influencing factors | - |
dc.subject | occupant behaviour | - |
dc.subject | energy conservation | - |
dc.title | Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yu, C: yuc886@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Pan, W: wpan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Pan, W=rp01621 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12273-020-0630-5 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85083779480 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 320651 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 13 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 753 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 769 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000528110700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | China | - |