Data Package of "The Interplay of Occupants’ Behavior and Building Performance"
Description
This dataset supports the article “The Interplay of Occupants’ Behavior and Building Performance.” Occupants significantly affect the performance of buildings and, in turn, are influenced by internal environmental conditions. Considering that people spend nearly 90% of their time indoors, and buildings account for 36% of global energy consumption and 39% of annual global CO2 emissions, it is essential to identify and investigate these interrelated influences. Occupant behavior has recently been recognized as a major source of uncertainty in building performance simulation. Therefore, advancing knowledge on the dynamic human–building interplay can contribute to improving building simulation programs, promoting energy-efficient building design, and enhancing occupant comfort. The study adopted the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology to conduct a systematic literature review. PRISMA provides a structured framework that ensures transparency and reproducibility through a checklist and flow diagram, covering identification, screening, eligibility, data extraction, quality assessment, synthesis, and presentation of results. In this study, PRISMA was applied to create a robust knowledge base for evaluating occupant behavior in buildings from the three core aspects of monitoring, modeling, and simulation. The methodology was implemented in seven steps: 1- Determining the scope of the study 2- Defining search resources 3- Constructing search strings using Boolean operators and relevant keywords 4- Executing database searches 5- Filtering search results 6- Integrating and screening retrieved records 7- Conducting bibliometric and qualitative analyses Bibliometric analysis was then applied to enhance visualization and examine the current state of publications, using VOSviewer software to generate bibliometric maps and network analyses. The dataset provided here contains all relevant materials supporting the study, including: - Extracted bibliographic records of the analyzed articles. - Detailed search queries, Boolean operators, and keyword strategies used across scientific databases. - Input and configuration files for VOSviewer, enabling replication of the bibliometric analyses and network visualizations. - Supplementary codes and scripts employed during data processing, analysis, and visualization. This dataset offers transparency, reproducibility, and reusability for the systematic review and bibliometric analyses presented in the article. It may also serve as a valuable reference for future research on bibliometric methods, systematic reviews, and the interplay of occupant behavior and building performance.