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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Fuzzy Logic Model for the Categorization of Manual Lighting Control Behaviour Patterns Based on Daylight Illuminance and Interior Layout
    (SAGE Publications Inc., 2019) Cılasun Kunduracı, Arzu; Kazanasmaz, Zehra Tuğçe; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    In considering total building energy consumption, lighting plays an important role in shaping energy consumption and use. Although key strategies (such as energy efficient lighting products, lighting control systems and energy simulation software) are developed so far, such attempts may be unsuccessful unless users are not taken into consideration. Users’ behaviours and their manual lighting control actions depend on various factors, though within the scope of this study manual lighting control behaviour was analysed only in terms of interior layout and daylight illuminance. Three private offices in Izmir Institute of Technology were monitored using illuminance metres and occupancy/light detectors under eight different interior layout conditions. In relation to change of interior layout and daylight penetrations, users’ manual lighting control behaviours were monitored. The obtained data were then used to construct a fuzzy logic model in MATLAB FIS editor. A fuzzy logic algorithm was applied to classify behaviour patterns about the tendency to turn on the lights. This kind of prediction of the light usage tendency regarding the occupancy is aimed to foresee the ‘possible’ manual lighting control behaviour within given conditions. The gathered classification can be used further in future studies of manual lighting control behaviour and energy-saving estimations/simulations.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Examining Occupancy and Architectural Aspects Affecting Manual Lighting Control Behaviour in Offices Based on a User Survey
    (Znack Publishing House, 2018) Cilasun Kunduracı, Arzu; Kazanasmaz, Zehra Tuğçe; Hordijk, Truus; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Further understanding the building occupants’ needs and behaviors can reduce lighting energy consumption. This research explores how the occupancy and interior architectural aspects become effective in manual lighting control in offices. It involves a multiple sectioned questionnaire focusing on the possible architectural factors such as the desk position, the surface colours, the distance to window, the distance between desk and lighting switch, and inquiring participants’ manual lighting control behaviour through the photographs of modified interior layouts, surface colours and time intervals. Statistical methods are used to determine the significant aspects, which may reduce the use of lighting control. Interior layout, distance to window, time of the day, and number of occupants in the offices are the most significant contributions to the manual lighting control behaviour. To pay attention in these contributions, it would be possible to reduce the use of electricity for lighting while user satisfaction increases.