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Models

Agent-based modeling and other computer simulation techniques can provide valuable insights regarding the influence of human behavior on design, management, planning, and policy concerns. This page provides access to our models.

You will need to install the free, cross-platform, NetLogo software prior to running the model. Download NetLogo at http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/

  • Land Use Change
  • HVAC Model
  • Water Model
  • Lighting Model
  • Eco Niche
  • Poly Model
  • Team Pollution

How will communities in the coastal zone adapt to climate change?

Funder: National Science Foundation 2010 – 2013.

Publications:

  • Haiyan Zhang, Handi Chandra Putra, Clinton J. Andrews, ” Modeling Real Estate Market Responses to Climate Change in The Coastal Zone”, The Computational Social Science Society of the Americas, 2013 [PDF]

 

 

UntitledHow do building occupants interact with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in pursuit of thermal comfort and good indoor air quality?

Funders: National Science Foundation 2007 – 2013, U.S. Green Building Council 2008-2011.

 

Untitled2How do building occupants use water?

Funders: National Science Foundation 2007 – 2013, U.S. Green Building Council 2008-2011.

Publications:

  • Lilli Linkola, “Behaviorally Based Modeling of Domestic Water Use, ” Masters Thesis, Leiden University, Delft University of Technology, Netherland, July 2011 [PDF]

View Water Model here

 

 

 

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Apartment End-Use Water Consumption Model

Funder: National Science Foundation (MUSES: Self-Sufficient Urban Buildings, Award No. 0725503)

Jordán-Cuebas, F; Krogmann, U; Andrews, C.J; Senick, J. A; Hewitt, E.L; Wener, R.E.; Sorensen Allacci, M; Plotnik, D, 2017, “Replication Data for: Understanding Apartment End Use Water Consumption in Two Green Residential Multistory Buildings”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TKRZDX, Harvard Dataverse, V1

 

Capture2How do building occupants interact with lighting and daylighting systems?

Funders: National Science Foundation 2007 – 2013, U.S. Green Building Council 2008-2011.

Publications:

  • Clinton Andrews, Daniel Yi, Uta Krogmann, Jennifer Senick, Richard Wener, “Designing Buildings for Real Occupants: An Agent-Based Approach, ” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans, 2011 [PDF]

ECO NICHEUnder what conditions will a niche product go mainstream?

Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency 2002 – 2006.

Publications:

  • Clinton Andrews and David DeVault, “Green Niche Market: A Model with Heterogenous Agents, ” Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2009, 13 (2), special issue on complexity. [PDF]

How do technical and behavioral fixes compare for preventing pollution within a manufacturing firm?

Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency 2002 – 2006.

Publications

  • Clinton Andrews, “Changing a firm’s environmental performance from within,” Ch. 7 in M. Ruth & B. Davidsdottir, eds., Changing Stocks, Flows, and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems, Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008, pp. 82-100. [PDF]
  • Clinton Andrews, Ana Baptista, Shawn Patton, “Grounded theory and multi-agent simulation for a small firm,” Ch. 16 in T. Terano, H. Kita, T. Kaneda, K. Arai, and H. Deguchi, eds.,Agent-Based Simulation: From Modeling Methodologies to Real-World Applications, Agent-Based Social Systems, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 2005, pp. 167-81. [PDF]
  • Clinton Andrews, Ana Baptista, Shawn Patton, “A Multi-Agent Model of a Small Firm, ” Conference Proceeding: Corporate Environmental Behavior and the Effectiveness of Government Interventions, Washington, DC, 2004 [PDF]

Under what conditions is command-and-control regulation better than market-based pollution abatement?

Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency 2002-2006.

Publications

  • Robert Axtell, “Optimality of Market-Based Regulations Depends Sensitively on the Profit Maximization Hypothesis” or “Command-and-Control Regulations Can Outperform Market-Based Mechanisms when Intra-Firm Behavior is Strategic”, The Brookings Institution, 2005 (now at George Mason University) [PDF]

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