Purpose

Better identification of comfort preferences and occupant behaviour drivers is expected to improve buildings’ user-centred designs and energy operations. To understand the underline drivers of occupant behaviours in office buildings, this study aims to evaluate the inter-relationships among occupant energy behaviours, indoor environmental quality satisfaction, user control and social-psychological factors influencing occupant behaviours in New Zealand offices.

Design/methodology/approach

Using an occupant perception survey, this study identifies the occupant behaviour patterns based on multi-domain comfort preferences. A case study was conducted in five office spaces of a university in Auckland, New Zealand. Data were collected from 52 occupants and analysed using descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis. Indoor environmental quality, user control, motivational, opportunity and ability factors were the independent variables considered. A model to predict the behaviours using environmental, building and social-psychological aspects was developed.

Findings

The results showed that the primary sources of indoor environmental quality discomfort were related to thermal and air quality, while occupants’ indoor environmental quality satisfaction correlated with their comfort preferences. The outcomes emphasise how the connection between building systems and occupants’ comfort preferences affect the choice of occupant behaviours in offices. Also, the primary occupant behaviours were drinking hot and cold beverages, opening/closing windows and internal doors and adjusting clothing. The binary logistic regression analysis showed that occupants’ perceived user control satisfaction is the main driver for increasing window actions. No other independent variable showed a statistically significant association with other behaviours.

Originality/value

This study adopted a novel approach to assess the combined effects of comfort preferences, occupant energy behaviours and various environmental, building and socio-psychological factors for modelling energy-saving behaviours in office buildings.

中文翻译：

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构建用户行为的环境和社会心理驱动因素：奥克兰高等教育机构办公室的案例研究

目的

更好地识别舒适偏好和居住者行为驱动因素有望改善建筑物以用户为中心的设计和能源运营。为了了解办公楼中居住者行为的主要驱动因素，本研究旨在评估居住者能量行为、室内环境质量满意度、用户控制和影响新西兰办公室居住者行为的社会心理因素之间的相互关系。

设计/方法/方法

本研究使用乘员感知调查，根据多域舒适偏好确定乘员行为模式。在新西兰奥克兰一所大学的五个办公空间进行了案例研究。从 52 名居住者那里收集数据，并使用描述性和二元逻辑回归分析进行分析。室内环境质量、用户控制、动机、机会和能力因素是考虑的自变量。开发了一个使用环境、建筑和社会心理方面来预测行为的模型。

发现

结果表明，室内环境质量不适的主要来源与热量和空气质量有关，而居住者的室内环境质量满意度与其舒适度偏好相关。结果强调了建筑系统和居住者舒适偏好之间的联系如何影响办公室中居住者行为的选择。此外，主要乘员行为是喝冷热饮料、打开/关闭窗户和内门以及调整衣服。二元逻辑回归分析表明，居住者感知的用户控制满意度是增加窗户操作的主要驱动力。没有其他自变量显示与其他行为有统计学意义的关联。

原创性/价值

本研究采用一种新颖的方法来评估舒适偏好、居住者能源行为和各种环境、建筑和社会心理因素的综合影响，以模拟办公楼的节能行为。