Andersen, Rune Korsholm

Gram-Hanssen, Kirsten

Hansen, Anders Rhiger

Knudsen, Henrik Nellemose

In order to make better and more realistic predictions of energy consumption in dwellings, more knowledge is needed about how individuals and households control the indoor environment. A questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective of studying the interest and actions taken in relation to indoor temperature, air quality and energy consumption by Danish house owners living in single-family detached houses with district heating. The house owners state that they are interested in, and concerned about, the indoor temperature and air quality and that it is an important element in caring for each other in the family. Actions are taken in relation to the temperature in the way that house owners are trying to keep different temperatures in differently heated rooms, e.g. to sleep in a cool bedroom or to save heat. Besides they wear warmer clothing, slippers or thick socks indoors during the winter compared with the rest of the year. Actions are taken to improve the air quality by the majority of the house owners by opening windows. The most frequent reasons for opening windows once or several times a day was “to get fresh air” and “in relation to showering”. House owners are interested in saving energy for the sake of the environment and for their own economy, and quite a lot of households indicate that they know their own energy consumption, though only few follow it closely. Thus being concerned about energy is not necessarily related to an interest in detailed feedback on one’s own energy consumption. Results show that well-planned communication about feedback possibilities is important. Women and men answer slightly differently to some of the questions, e.g. women are more active in airing, and they wear warmer clothing, whereas men are more actively following their energy consumption

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House Owners’ Interests and Actions in Relation to Indoor Temperature, Air Quality andEnergy Use - DTU Orbit (09/11/2017) House Owners’ Interests and Actions in Relation to Indoor Temperature, Air Quality and Energy UseIn order to make better and more realistic predictions of energy consumption in dwellings, more knowledge is neededabout how individuals and households control the indoor environment. A questionnaire survey was conducted with theobjective of studying the interest and actions taken in relation to indoor temperature, air quality and energy consumptionby Danish house owners living in single-family detached houses with district heating. The house owners state that they areinterested in, and concerned about, the indoor temperature and air quality and that it is an important element in caring foreach other in the family. Actions are taken in relation to the temperature in the way that house owners are trying to keepdifferent temperatures in differently heated rooms, e.g. to sleep in a cool bedroom or to save heat. Besides they wearwarmer clothing, slippers or thick socks indoors during the winter compared with the rest of the year. Actions are taken toimprove the air quality by the majority of the house owners by opening windows. The most frequent reasons for openingwindows once or several times a day was “to get fresh air” and “in relation to showering”. House owners are interested insaving energy for the sake of the environment and for their own economy, and quite a lot of households indicate that theyknow their own energy consumption, though only few follow it closely. Thus being concerned about energy is notnecessarily related to an interest in detailed feedback on one’s own energy consumption. Results show that well-plannedcommunication about feedback possibilities is important. Women and men answer slightly differently to some of thequestions, e.g. women are more active in airing, and they wear warmer clothing, whereas men are more actively followingtheir energy consumption. General informationState: PublishedOrganisations: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Section for Indoor Climate andBuilding Physics, Aalborg UniversityAuthors: Knudsen, H. N. (Forskerdatabase), Andersen, R. K. (Intern), Hansen, A. R. (Forskerdatabase), Gram-Hanssen,K. (Forskerdatabase)Number of pages: 10Publication date: 2016 Host publication informationTitle of host publication: CLIMA 2016 - Proceedings of the 12th REHVA World CongressVolume: 6Publisher: Aalborg UniversityBFI conference series: REHVA World Congress (5010061)Main Research Area: Technical/natural sciencesConference: 12th REHVA World Congress, Aalborg, Denmark, 22/05/2016 - 22/05/2016Electronic versions: House_Owners.pdf Source: FindItSource-ID: 2291732022Publication: Research - peer-review › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2016 

House Owners’ Interests and Actions in Relation to Indoor Temperature, Air Quality and Energy Use

In order to make better and more realistic predictions of energy consumption in dwellings, more knowledge about how individuals and households control the indoor environment is needed. A questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective to study the interest and actions taken in relation to indoor temperature, air quality and energy use by Danish house owners living in single-family detached dwellings with district heating. The house owners express that they are interested in and concerned about the indoor temperature and air quality and that it is an important element in caring for each other in the family. Actions are taken in relation to the temperature in the way that house owners are trying to keep different temperatures in different heated rooms, e.g. to sleep cool or to save heat. Besides they wear warmer clothing, slippers or thick socks during the winter indoors compared to the rest of the year. Actions are taken in relation to improve the air quality by the majority of the house owners by opening windows. The most frequent reasons for opening windows once or several times a day was “to get fresh air” and “in relation to showering”. House owners are interested in saving energy for the sake of the environment and for their own economy, and quite many households indicate that they know their own energy consumption though only few follows it closely. Thus being concerned about energy is not necessarily related to interest in detailed feedback on consumption. Results show that well planned communication about feedback possibilities is important. Women and men answer slightly different to some of the questions, e.g. women are more active in airing, and they wear warmer clothing, whereas men are more active when it comes to following their energy consumption.In order to make better and more realistic predictions of energy consumption in dwellings, more knowledge is needed about how individuals and households control the indoor environment. A questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective of studying the interest and actions taken in relation to indoor temperature, air quality and energy consumption by Danish house owners living in single-family detached houses with district heating. The house owners state that they are interested in, and concerned about, the indoor temperature and air quality and that it is an important element in caring for each other in the family. Actions are taken in relation to the temperature in the way that house owners are trying to keep different temperatures in differently heated rooms, e.g. to sleep in a cool bedroom or to save heat. Besides they wear warmer clothing, slippers or thick socks indoors during the winter compared with the rest of the year. Actions are taken to improve the air quality by the majority of the house owners by opening windows. The most frequent reasons for opening windows once or several times a day was “to get fresh air” and “in relation to showering”. House owners are interested in saving energy for the sake of the environment and for their own economy, and quite a lot of households indicate that they know their own energy consumption, though only few follow it closely. Thus being concerned about energy is not necessarily related to an interest in detailed feedback on one’s own energy consumption. Results show that well-planned communication about feedback possibilities is important. Women and men answer slightly differently to some of the questions, e.g. women are more active in airing, and they wear warmer clothing, whereas men are more actively following their energy consumption

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