Articles | Volume 10, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2801-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2801-2017
Development and technical paper
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21 Jul 2017
Development and technical paper |  | 21 Jul 2017

Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2)

Robert Schoetter, Valéry Masson, Alexis Bourgeois, Margot Pellegrino, and Jean-Pierre Lévy

Model code and software

Source code and run directories for Schoetter et al., GMD: Parametrisation of the variety of human behaviour related to building energy consumption in the Town Energy Balance (SURFEX-TEB v. 8.2) R. Schoetter, V. Masson, A. Bourgeois, M. Pellegrino, and J.-P. Lévy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.818632

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We enhance the urban climate model TEB to take into account for the variety of building use and human behaviour related to building energy consumption. This can improve urban climate simulations and is crucial for quantification of the impact of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in urban areas (e.g. white roofs, insulation of buildings). An evaluation for Toulouse shows that the enhanced version of TEB captures well the spatio-temporal variability of building energy consumption.