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Parisa,<br>
I would think that it would be. The TRNSYS building model can be
run in a mode called "temperature level control" in which the zone
temperatures are computed as a function of all the energy flows that
impact them (solar, envelope, occupants, equipment, lighting,
airflow exchange, HVAC equipment). The user specifies thermostat
models that in turn command HVAC equipment models to try and keep
the zone at its set point. Really it is an emulation of how a
building actually functions. Many other building models compute
heating and cooling loads based on all of the driving factors except
the HVAC equipment and then impose that load on the HVAC equipment.
The significant difference here is that in order to compute load,
you must predefine room temperature. This sets the HVAC equipment
and the other things that impact the building's temperatures on
different levels.<br>
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TRNSYS also has the ability to incorporate new user-written models
into simulations. You could write occupant behavior models based not
only on your survey data but also based on the current comfort
criteria in the building such that the occupant's behavior (and the
way in which it affects the building's HVAC equipment) could be tied
into a feedback loop with how the HVAC equipment affects the
occupants' behavior.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
David<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/23/2013 03:05, Parisa Esmaeili
wrote:<br>
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background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">My name is
Parisa Esmaeili. I am doing PhD in the area of Engineering and
Energy, in Perth, Western Australia. <br>
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background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Recently,
I have started my research, main focus of which is on the
impact of actual occupants behavior on building energy
performance in residential buildings. In fact, my main
interest is to develop a tool which is capable of simulating
building physics and actual occupants behavior (through
survey) at the same time and same level of importance.</div>
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if TRNSYS would be an appropriate tool for this purpose?</div>
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forward to hear from you,</div>
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