Abstract:A test room with low illuminance was set up to research volunteer’ behavior on lighting and shading when they arrive. Consistence was reached by comparison between real behavior and default behavior during questionnaire period. Results show: 80% occupants open the rolling to improve inside lighting environment; 16% occupants rely only on artificial lighting and 25% occupants use both artificial lighting and rolling. Main reasons for the behavior are found to be the preference to day-lighting, natural ventilation, wide vision, and life habit. Experimental results also show that the location of the switch has big effect on the choice of the switch, which means that people prefer to the easily-reached switches. A revised control logic for building energy performance simulation is suggested, which will be more close to the real scenario.