The impact of heat gain schedules on summer overheating in typical insulated dwellings

Summer overheating is usually caused by a combination of factors, such as building location, orientation, fabric, ventilation and occupancy behaviour. People by their behaviour influence overheating through the internal heat gain mode and window opening ventilation mode. The article describes several types of occupancy profiles according to their behaviour taken from the literature: the profile of the worker, the child, the pensioner and the adventurer. From them, it is possible to disable the heat gain schedule for the whole household or apartment house. Heat gains from appliances are updated according to the modern lifestyle and current household appliances. The effect of heat gains in combination with other factors, which caused overheating, is further evaluated through the building simulation program.