Using Virtual Choreographies to Identify Office Users’ Behaviors to Target Behavior Change Based on Their Potential to Impact Energy Consumption

Fernando Cassola; Leonel Morgado; António Coelho; Hugo Paredes; António Barbosa; Helga Tavares; Filipe Soares

LAPSE:2023.12504

Published Article

LAPSE:2023.12504

Using Virtual Choreographies to Identify Office Users’ Behaviors to Target Behavior Change Based on Their Potential to Impact Energy Consumption

Fernando Cassola, Leonel Morgado, António Coelho, Hugo Paredes, António Barbosa, Helga Tavares, Filipe Soares

February 28, 2023

Abstract
Reducing office buildings’ energy consumption can contribute significantly towards carbon reduction commitments since it represents ∼40% of total energy consumption. Major components of this are lighting, electrical equipment, heating, and central cooling systems. Solid evidence demonstrates that individual occupants’ behaviors impact these energy consumption components. In this work, we propose the methodology of using virtual choreographies to identify and prioritize behavior-change interventions for office users based on the potential impact of specific behaviors on energy consumption. We studied the energy-related office behaviors of individuals by combining three sources of data: direct observations, electricity meters, and computer logs. Data show that there are behaviors with significant consumption impact but with little potential for behavioral change, while other behaviors have substantial potential for lowering energy consumption via behavioral change.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.12504

Keywords

behavior change, energy consumption, human-behavior representation, virtual choreograhies

Subject

Energy Systems

Suggested Citation

Cassola F, Morgado L, Coelho A, Paredes H, Barbosa A, Tavares H, Soares F. Using Virtual Choreographies to Identify Office Users’ Behaviors to Target Behavior Change Based on Their Potential to Impact Energy Consumption. (2023). LAPSE:2023.12504

Author Affiliations

Cassola F: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto (FEUP), 4200-46 [ORCID]
Morgado L: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; Department of Science and Technology, Universidade Aberta, 125 [ORCID]
Coelho A: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto (FEUP), 4200-46 [ORCID]
Paredes H: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; School of Science and Technology, Universidade de Trás-os-Mon [ORCID]
Barbosa A: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal [ORCID]
Tavares H: Vestas Wind Systems, 4465-671 Porto, Portugal
Soares F: Institute for Systems and Computing Engineering, Tecnology and Science (INESC TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal [ORCID]

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

15

Issue

12

First Page

4354

Year

2022

Publication Date

2022-06-14