This publication is authored by several members of the University of Vienna. They are all experts in the fields of construction and energy; working at either the Institute of Energy Management or the Institute of Structural Engineering. Head of the Team is the Head of the Institute for Structural Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Karin Stieldorf. The contracting body of this publication was the Austrian Federal Ministry for Traffic, Innovation and Technology, whereas the contractor is the University of Technology in Vienna. This survey is also part of the program “Sustainable Development”, which is under the patronage of the Government. It is also part of the Government initiative “Haus der Zunkunft” (Building of Tomorrow).
This publication is a survey about the behavior of energy consumers in specific types of buildings. These buildings serve as Demonstration items when discussing the different variations of energy consumption. Pages 76 to 83 refer to Dr. Lari’s work which analyze the consumption behavior of the residents of the settlement in Graz, Plabutsch whose apartments were equipped with appliances that measure the consumption of energy as well as where energy is lost. The most primary form in which energy consumption is analyzed in this survey is heating. The survey is part of the overall program “Sustainable Economy” and is one aspect of the program segment titled “House of the Future”. Subject of this survey were 40 households in 12 low‐energy or passive houses. These 12 houses were selected geographically scattered, in order to ensure that aspects, such as technologies used, the type of the buildings and the structure of the owners or residents. The survey can be split into three parts, where the first element consists of simulation‐calculations using the project package Euro WAEBED in order to obtain calculations of the heating and the actual demand. The second part of the project is about qualitative questioning regarding consumer‐behavior and aspects such as the motives for moving into these apartments, for building these types of houses, how satisfied the consumers are with the technological appliances which control heating and energy consumption. The third part of the project consists of comparisons between the different projects.
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