Matthias Heinrich will defend his doctoral thesis in urban engineering entitled "Habitats, inhabitants, and energy practices: Integrating housing situations into quantitative modeling of domestic energy consumption" on January 16, 2024, in a hybrid format at the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech building (Caquot 1 amphitheater).
The jury will be composed of:
Marjory Musy, Director of Research, CEREMA, Rapporteur
Fateh Belaïd, Researcher, KAPSARC, Rapporteur
Faïcel Chamroukhi, University Professor, University of Caen, Examiner
Béatrice Roussillon, Senior Lecturer, University of Grenoble-Alpes, Examiner
Jean-Pierre Lévy, Director of Research, CNRS, Thesis Director
Latifa Oukhellou, Director of Research, Gustave Eiffel University, Co-director of thesis
Abstract:
This thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to produce a quantitative model of energy consumption based on "housing situations" (household-housing relationships), domestic practices, and residential contexts. It is divided into three parts.
First, a review of the literature on the main models in engineering and human sciences identifies the theoretical frameworks for an approach combining households and housing ("housing situation"). The second chapter discusses methods for modeling domestic practices in order to determine the most relevant ones for studying the links between housing situations and residential lifestyles. In the final and third chapter, based on a logistic proportion regression mixture model, a hierarchical model of domestic energy consumption based on housing situations is proposed.
Situated between typological and regression approaches, one of the contributions of this thesis is to propose, within the same method, a typology of housing situations and a regression model. The estimation performance of the results is equivalent to that of the main models but, on the other hand, they have greater explanatory power by associating domestic practices with energy consumption. This method also makes it possible to integrate a segmentation of domestic practices into a model of energy consumption at the housing level. The thesis also has a heuristic dimension. First, it shows the links between housing situations and practices related to equipment, occupancy, and regulation actions. In addition, it presents ideal-typical housing situations based on household characteristics, housing, behavior, and total domestic energy consumption per person and per square meter. Finally, in terms of future prospects, it paves the way for the development of other interdisciplinary approaches to the transformation of housing situations.
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