feature request: non-residential water demand

[Mirjam-blokker]

In Matlab we programmed the non-residential part of SIMDEUM a little different from the residential. The main differences are: 1) the users are treated as a group, not as individual users - this means that the number of water using events is determined from a probablity distribution with the average = the fequency of use x group size; 2) we defined "functional rooms" with their own set of water using appliances and users with a probability of use over time related to people's being presence in the functional room - e.g. office workers start coming in from 7 o'clock, then most are in at 9 o'clock, then there is an increase probability of water demand during lunch hours, and at the end of office hours a decline sets in. This affects toilet flushing and drinkng (coffee, tea , water) in an office. Another functional room is a conference room, hotel rooms, nursing beds, etc. The functional rooms are simulated seperately and then added to show results for an entire hotel, nursing home or office.

see also: Blokker, E. J. M., Pieterse-Quirijns, E. J., Vreeburg, J. H. G. and van Dijk, J. C. (2011). "Simulating Nonresidential Water Demand with a Stochastic End-Use Model." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 137(6), 511-520.