Meter Online: Information Drives Behavioural Change to Save Building Energy
The rising need for reducing building energy use has continued to grow over the world. In Hong Kong, various measures have been developed for curbing energy use and a target has been set to reduce 30% of building electricity consumption by 2030, as compared to the level of 2005. Towards this goal, a range of efforts have been made, including those in practice and on the academic side. A review of the relevant literature, however, reveals that research showing how the use of online energy consumption forecast information could drive changes in occupant or user behaviour is limited. Reported in this paper includes a case study, which was conducted on a residential clubhouse in Hong Kong. Using the Meter Online (MOL), a system developed by CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP) to provide energy consumption forecast information to commercial and industrial customers, the facilities management team of the clubhouse is pre-informed of the energy use of the clubhouse. The challenges in implementing energy saving actions for the clubhouse include the worry of attracting complaints from users about the air conditioning and the lack of technical knowledge of the frontline staff responsible for taking the energy saving actions. In addition to describing how the challenges were tackled and the various steps taken during the implementation process, the case study shows that 5% of the clubhouses energy use was successfully saved through changes in the user (operator) behaviour.
energy use forecast occupant behaviour
Eric CHEUNG Simon LAM Simon TSUI Joseph LAI Cary CHAN
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong SAR The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong Green Building Council Ltd., Hong Kong SAR
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
436-441
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）