Contents
Declaration. Iii
Approval v
Abstract. Vii Acknowledgement ix
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Purpose statement 2
1.3 Research Questions 2
1.4 Research Objectives 2
1.5 Significance of the study. 2
1.6 Scope and Limitations. 3
2. Literature review 3
2.1 Introduction. 3
2.2 Residential energy use. 3
2.3 Energy monitoring 5
2.4 Thermal comfort. 5
2.5 Impact of building envelope on energy use and thermal comfort. 7
2.6 Summary. 7
3. Methodology 8
3.1 Overview. 8
3.2 Case study description. 8
3.3 Data collection 10
3.3.1 Weather data. 10
3.3.2 Initial briefing and data collection 10
3.3.3 Installation of monitoring equipment 10
3.3.4 Thermal comfort survey design. 11
3.3.5 Survey deployment 12
3.3.6 Instruments used. 12
3.3.7 Challenges faced. 13
4. Results and Discussion 13
4.1 Energy use. 13
4.2 Appliance penetration and use 21
4.3 Environmental conditions. 22
4.4 Occupant thermal comfort. 23
4.4.1 Subjective thermal responses 23
4.4.2 Clothing and activity. 26
4.4.3 Comfort votes 27
4.4.4 Adaptive measures 28
5. Conclusions 29
5.1 Energy use. 29
5.2 Thermal comfort. 30
5.3 Thermal comfort and energy use. 30
5.4 Future research 30
6. References 31 7
Appendix 34
7.1 Instruments used. 34
7.2 Survey questionnaire. 35
7.3 Energy use. 39
7.4 Details of ‘Pilot study’ 44
7.4.1 Introduction. 44
7.4.2 Methodology. 46
7.4.3 Results and analysis 47
7.4.4 Challenges in Pilot study, modifications, and learnings. 51