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Dear UMH people,

Occupancy sensors add an interesting wrinkle to modeling a hotel's energy consumption when the hotel uses PTAC or PTHP guest room HVAC. I've created / cobbled a method which adapts ASHRAE "typical" occupancy patterns so that cccupancy is binary and parallels the (EnergyPlus) fan availability schedule so that the room temperature can be setup or setback multiple times each day.

Are you aware of any research on this topic? Do any of you have an alternative method that you are willing to share? Thanks in advance for your help!

p.s., ASHRAE 90.1-2013 and beyond require guest room occupancy sensors and my state (Michigan) has adopted that version of 90.1, so it's a topic that will be of increasing interest, I think.

Dear UMH people,

Occupancy sensors add an interesting wrinkle to modeling a hotel's energy consumption when the hotel uses PTAC or PTHP guest room HVAC. I've created / cobbled a method which adapts ASHRAE "typical" occupancy patterns so that cccupancy is binary and parallels the (EnergyPlus) fan availability schedule so that the room temperature can be setup or setback multiple times each day.

Are you aware of any research on this topic? Do any of you have an alternative method that you are willing to share? Thanks in advance for your help!

p.s., ASHRAE 90.1-2013 and beyond require guest room occupancy sensors and my state (Michigan) has adopted that version of 90.1, so it's a topic that will be of increasing interest, I think.

Dear UMH people,

Occupancy sensors add an interesting wrinkle to modeling a hotel's energy consumption when the hotel uses PTAC or PTHP guest room HVAC. I've created / cobbled a method which adapts ASHRAE "typical" occupancy patterns so that cccupancy is binary and parallels the (EnergyPlus) fan availability schedule so that the room temperature can be setup or setback multiple times each day.

Are you aware of any research on this topic? Do any of you have an alternative method that you are willing to share? Thanks in advance for your help!

p.s., ASHRAE 90.1-2013 and beyond require guest room occupancy sensors and my state (Michigan) has adopted that version of 90.1, so it's a topic that will be of increasing interest, I think.