Impacts of office design characteristics on human energy expenditure: developing a KINESIS model

Stamatina T. Rassia, Alexandros Alexiou, Nick V. Baker

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Abstract

Over the last few decades, research in public health has associated inactivity with a number of ailments and chronic diseases, such as colon cancer, type II diabetes, osteoporosis and coronary heart disease. In the belief that the office building substantially shapes occupant daily activity, this work draws upon qualitative and quantitative monitoring of human activity within office buildings during typical working weeks. This research is based on data collection results regarding the design of space in relation to energy expenditure and it presents a quantitative model (named KINESIS after the Greek word for activity) that, in the form of a set equation, can simulate and estimate the total energy expenditure per person per day in a given office layout.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-44
JournalEnergy Systems
Volume2
Issue number1
Early online date30 Dec 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

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