eprintid: 10063033 rev_number: 23 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/30/33 datestamp: 2019-01-17 11:31:50 lastmod: 2020-09-17 20:19:13 status_changed: 2019-06-07 08:19:06 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Lilis, GN creators_name: Giannakis, GI creators_name: Rovas, DV creators_name: Kosmatopoulos, EB title: SRC and its applications to building thermal control ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 keywords: Energy-efficient, model-based thermal control, Coupled building dynamics, Inter-zone air mixing. note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Energy-efficient building design requires, the use of advanced thermal simulation programs and respective complex building models, for the estimation of the annual building energy demand. This complexity, limits the use of such models in model-based building climate control design, mainly because it entails additional difficulty in finding appropriate controllers. To meet the above requirements, a novice climate control method is introduced, which is based on SRC (a building thermal simulation program, which is complex enough for the initial building design phase and at the same time, simple enough for model-based climate control design tasks). In the suggested method, the problem of finding energy-efficient operation schedules of building devices, is formulated as a convex optimization problem and solved using a finite number of iterations, until a certain comfort criterion is met. The method is tested on a two zone building with external and internal openings, where the advantages of interzone air mixing and coupled building model thermal dynamics, are taken into account. The obtained operation schedules, when applied to the passive (openings) and active (HVAC) devices of the test building, exhibited higher energy savings than the schedules provided by a rule-based controller, while conforming to the same thermal comfort requirements. date: 2013-06 date_type: published official_url: http://www.clima2013.org/ oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1606246 lyricists_name: Lilis, Georgios lyricists_name: Rovas, Dimitrios lyricists_id: GNLIL99 lyricists_id: DROVA15 actors_name: Rovas, Dimitrios actors_id: DROVA15 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public series: CLIMA - REHVA World Congress and the International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings publication: Proceedings of CLIMA 2013 volume: 2013 place_of_pub: Prague, Czech Republic event_title: CLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings event_location: Prague, Czech Republic event_dates: 16 June 2013 - 19 June 2013 institution: CLIMA 2013: 11th REHVA world Congress and 8th International Conference on IAQVEC ”Energy Efficient, Smart and Healthy Buildings.” book_title: Proceedings of CLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings citation: Lilis, GN; Giannakis, GI; Rovas, DV; Kosmatopoulos, EB; (2013) SRC and its applications to building thermal control. In: Proceedings of CLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings. : Prague, Czech Republic. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063033/1/C25.pdf