Publications de Verena Marie Barthelmes

Energy, SBS symptoms, and productivity in Swiss open-space offices: Economic evaluation of standard, actual, and optimum scenarios

Cecile Anne Berquand, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Verena Marie Barthelmes

The fundamental aspiration of new-generation high-performing buildings is to reduce energy use while securing indoor environmental quality conducive to human health and productivity. However, existing frameworks for identifying Key Performance Indicators ( ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023

Impact of Standard versus Tracked-based User Behavior into Energy Simulations of Open-Space Offices

Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Verena Marie Barthelmes

This simulation-based study aimed to contribute to gaining knowledge on how much the deviation between occupant-related input by the national standard and by insitu measurements might impact predictions of heating/cooling needs in offices. Analysis was per ...

2023

Variation in Indoor Thermal Environmental Parameters in an Open Space Office

Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Verena Marie Barthelmes

Building energy modelling is an indispensable component of today’s design method. However, as per research findings, real-life buildings could utilize almost twice the amount of their ideal energy performance. Thus, it is important to understand the variat ...

TU Delft2022

Reaching Thermal Comfort Zone Limits for Resilient Building Operation: A Winter Case Study for Offices

Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Verena Marie Barthelmes

A specific range of acceptable indoor thermal conditions is stipulated by building performance standards to assure minimum dissatisfaction of occupants. Thus, the operation of buildings in practice tends to follow a cautious approach by setting the indoor ...

Routledge2022

Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations

Mandana Sarey Khanie, Giorgia Chinazzo, Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Matteo Favero

The perception, physiology, behavior, and performance of building occupants are influenced by multi-domain exposures: the simultaneous presence of multiple environmental stimuli, i.e., visual, thermal, acoustic, and air quality. Despite being extensive, th ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Impact and comparison of standard-based, stochastic, and tracked user behaviour in open space offices: A Swiss case study

Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes

The role of occupants and their interactions with the building envelope and systems represent a key factor of uncertainty when predicting building energy use with simulation tools. The aim of this simulation-based study is to contribute to gaining further ...

Int Building Performance Simulation Assoc-Ibpsa2022

A mixed-methods case study on resident thermal comfort and attitude towards peak shifting of space heating

Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes

Recent simulation-based studies have indicated that Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC) of space heating systems can exploit the thermal mass in residential buildings for demand response (DR) purposes in district heating systems. However, there is a l ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Environmental preferences of occupants: A multi-domain approach in the Swiss open office case study

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes

Defining indoor environmental conditions that meet the needs and preferences of occupants in open space offices can be challenging since the same space might be occupied by people with different individual needs and preferences regarding what constitutes a ...

IOP Science2021

Global Environmental Stimuli and Human-Building Interaction in Open Space Offices: A Swiss Case Study

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Maria Viviana Gonzalez Serrano, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes

Office employees are exposed to a variety of environmental and contextual stimuli that might drive them to perform control actions, such as operating windows or window blinds. These actions have a significant impact on building energy use and increase unce ...

AMER SOC HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGS2021

Exploring easy-implementable adaptation strategies to climate change scenarios of existing office buildings: a case study in the Swiss context

Sergi Aguacil Moreno, Cecile Anne Berquand, Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes

European energy policies are aimed at increasing the climate resilience of infrastructure, including new and existing buildings. The implications of future ambient conditions on the energy and environmental performance in buildings and respective adaptatio ...

2021

The Role of Occupants in Buildings’ Energy Performance Gap: Myth or Reality?

Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes, Matteo Favero

Buildings’ expected (projected, simulated) energy use frequently does not match actual observations. This is commonly referred to as the energy performance gap. As such, many factors can contribute to the disagreement between expectations and observations. ...

2021

Triggers behind human-building interactions from a user perspective: results and effectiveness of capturing motivations in real-time

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes

2020

A multi-domain data collection strategy for capturing relationships between occupant behaviour, comfort, indoor environment, and energy use in office

Marilyne Andersen, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes

A significant corpus of research has shown that occupant behaviour is a key factor of uncertainty when predicting building energy use. Building occupants affect energy use directly and indirectly by regulating their indoor environment according to their co ...

2020

Investigation of perceived air quality, occupants’ behaviour and air pollutant levels in two open-space office buildings in Switzerland

Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Maria Viviana Gonzalez Serrano, Caroline Karmann, Verena Marie Barthelmes

indoor air quality, perceived air quality, occupant behavior, office environment ...

2020

An international review of occupant -related aspects of building energy codes and standards

Jin Zhou, Dolaana Khovalyg, Verena Marie Barthelmes

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Review of multi-domain approaches to indoor environmental perception and behaviour

Verena Marie Barthelmes, Matteo Favero

Building occupants are continuously exposed to multiple indoor environmental stimuli, including thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality related factors. Moreover, personal and contextual aspects can be regarded as additional domains influencing occupant ...

2020