Iran Energy Association (IEA) Journal of Energy Management and Technology 2588-3372 7 2 2023 06 01 Evaluation of the occupancy patterns effect and managerial decisions on the energy consumption of an educational building 86 92 163570 10.22109/jemt.2022.337274.1378 EN Mohammad Hosein Jahangir Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-0991-7646 Samaneh Habibzadeh Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Morteza Haddadi Department of Energy Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Samaneh Fakouriyan Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2022 04 12 Identifying and modeling the occupancy pattern and variable parameters affecting the energy consumption<br />of a building is a key factor in optimizing the energy consumption in the buildings. In addition to the fixed<br />parameters, variable parameters such as occupancy patterns affect the energy consumption of buildings.<br />These factors are the most important issues that can help to reduce the difference between actual and<br />simulated energy consumption. There is only a little evidence in the literature regarding the pattern of the<br />occupant. Factors that are heavily dependent on the occupancy pattern include lighting, heating, cooling,<br />and so on. In large commercial or office buildings, the implementation of some management programs<br />helps to reduce energy consumption. This study aims to investigate the effect of occupancy patterns,<br />facility managers, and managerial decisions on the cooling energy consumption in an educational building<br />in Tehran to reduce uncertainty in the energy consumption forecasting. This study examines the influence<br />of the presence of an occupant, aggregation of places, and the change in the temperature set point based on<br />the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) index on the cooling energy consumption in an educational building. It<br />should be noted that suggesting some new managerial methods are considered as the innovations of the<br />present study. Among the tested various methods for reducing the cooling energy consumption, changing<br />the temperature set point of the cooling system by 4.26% had the greatest impact on the reduction of the<br />cooling energy consumption in the building. https://www.jemat.org/article_163570_b999c61915ab0c78cbfd785f80b76fd3.pdf