SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2023.133 2023.133 Comparative study on a low-carbon house and common houses with post occupancy evaluation in rural area of China ZhangShihao shihaozhang@usts.edu.cn XuQi xuqi@njtech.edu.cn RiffatSaffa saffa.riffat@nottingham.ac.uk School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou,215011, China College of Architecture, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210044, China Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK 15122023 20 3 978-0-85358-357-8 383 393 15 December 2023 © 2023 Copyright WSSET 2023

Nowadays, due to the construction of new buildings, global warming becomes more serious than ever before. In order to investigate the actual performance of low-carbon houses, post-occupancy evaluations have been undertaken on a low-carbon house and two typical normal houses in the rural areas of China. The result of the low-carbon house is compared with normal houses in perspective of indoor environment quality, energy consumption and satisfaction questionnaire. The result indicates the Eco-house enjoys advantages over the conventional houses in all respects. This paper also identifies the underlying factors that cause the gaps between predicted and recorded energy performance of the Eco-house. Most of the factors are associated with parameters regarding occupancy behaviour and facilities management in simulation.

 Low-carbon house Energy benchmarks post-occupancy evaluation 15 to 17 August 2023 20th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET2023 20 Nottingham, UK