Study of Human Activity Related to Residential Energy Consumption Using Multi-level Simulations

Thomas Huraux, Nicolas Sabouret, Yvon Haradji

2015

Abstract

In this paper, we illustrate how multi-agent multi-level modeling can help energy experts to better understand and anticipate residential energy consumption. The problem we study is the anticipation of electricity consumption peaks. We explain in this context the benefit of the coexistence of microscopic (human activity) and macroscopic (social characteristics, overall consumption) levels of representation. We present briefly the SIMLAB model (Huraux et al., 2014) that extends the SMACH simulator (Amouroux et al., 2013) with coexisting levels on different modeling axes. We then present a model of the households activity and its electrical consumption consistent with energy experts’ observations in the residential sector. We show the impact of different social factors, such as individual sensitivity to price or to personal comfort, on the apparition of peaks on the consumption. We illustrate the contribution of multi-level modeling in the understanding of macroscopic phenomena.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Huraux T., Sabouret N. and Haradji Y. (2015). Study of Human Activity Related to Residential Energy Consumption Using Multi-level Simulations . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-073-4, pages 133-140. DOI: 10.5220/0005197401330140

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart15,
author={Thomas Huraux and Nicolas Sabouret and Yvon Haradji},
title={Study of Human Activity Related to Residential Energy Consumption Using Multi-level Simulations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2015},
pages={133-140},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005197401330140},
isbn={978-989-758-073-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Study of Human Activity Related to Residential Energy Consumption Using Multi-level Simulations
SN - 978-989-758-073-4
AU - Huraux T.
AU - Sabouret N.
AU - Haradji Y.
PY - 2015
SP - 133
EP - 140
DO - 10.5220/0005197401330140