Buildings, resource consumption and occupant behavior : strategies for change and the role of submetering / Joanna Cruz, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cruz, Joanna, editor.

Series:

Energy policies, politics and prices series.

Energy Policies, Politics and Prices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings--Energy conservation.

Buildings.

Buildings--Energy consumption.

Commercial buildings--Energy conservation.

Commercial buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The people who use Federal buildings - Federal employees, operations and maintenance staff, and the general public - can significantly impact a building's environmental performance and the consumption of energy, water, and materials. Many factors influence building occupants' use of resources (use behaviors) including work process requirements, ability to fulfill agency missions, new and possibly unfamiliar high-efficiency/high-performance building technologies; a lack of understanding, education, and training; inaccessible information or ineffective feedback mechanisms; and cultural norms and

Contents:

BUILDINGS, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF SUBMETERING; BUILDINGS, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF SUBMETERING; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Behavioral Change and Building Performance: Strategies for Significant, Persistent, and Measurable Institutional Change*; Summary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. Why Behavior Matters; 2.1. User-Building Interface; 2.2. Individual Behaviors and Norms

2.3. Sustainability Efforts in Federal Buildings3.0. Linking Behavioral and Organizational Change to Achieve Sustainability Goals; 3.1. Definitions of Behavior, Behavior Change, and Building Operational Performance; 3.2. Buildings As the Locus of Behavior; 3.3. The Dynamics of Occupants in Buildings; 4.0. Rules, Roles, and Tools: Using Knowledge of Institutional Context As a Basis for Taking Action; 4.1. Rules; 4.2. Roles; 4.3. Tools; 4.4. Strategies to Prompt and Sustain Change; 5.0. Strategic and Specific Methods to Achieving Behavioral and Institutional Change

5.1. About Peer-Reviewed Behavioral Change Literature5.2. Providing Information and Outreach; 5.3. Giving Feedback; 5.4. Persuading; 5.5. Offering Rewards and Incentives; 5.6. Changing Defaults, Nudging Choice, and Enabling Adaptive Comfort; 5.7. Gaining Commitment; 5.8. Tapping into Social Norms; 5.9. Social Marketing in Communities; 5.10. Responding to an Urgent Situation; 6.0. Using Cross-Cutting Elements in Selecting Methods for Achieving and Sustaining Behavioral Change; 6.1. Establishing Habits that Foster Sustainability; 6.2. Appealing to Multiple Motivations

6.3. Achieving Broad and Persistent Impacts over Time7.0. Testing the Rules, Roles, and Tools Construct; 8.0. Recommendations for an Action-Focused Framework; 9.0. Research and Development Agenda for Institutional Change in Buildings; Appendix A. Subcommittee on Buildings Technology Research and Development; A.1. BTRD Agency Members; Appendix B. Testing the "Rules, Roles, and Tools" Construct; B.1. Charting the Organizational Context; B.2. Intervention Methods; B.3. Results; B.3.1. Behavior and Attitude Change; B.3.2. Energy Savings; B.3.3. Conclusions and Lessons Learned

Appendix C. ReferencesChapter 2: Submetering of Building Energy and Water Usage: Analysis and Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Buildings Technology Research and Development*; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Submetering and the Smart Grid; 1.2. Fundamentals of Submetering; 1.3. Regulatory Context; 2. Benefits and Uses of Submetering Data; 2.1. Enabling Monitoring-Based Commissioning; Case Study6; 2.2. Identifying and Monitoring Efficiency Retrofits; Case Study8; Case Study9; Case Study10; 2.3. Aligning Incentives and Enabling Behavioral Conservation; Case Study12; Case Study14

Case Study15

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-770-8