?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Simulation-assisted+building+energy+performance+improvement+using+sensible+control+decisions&rft.creator=Pichler%2C+MF&rft.creator=Dr%C3%B6scher%2C+A&rft.creator=Schranzhofer%2C+H&rft.creator=Kontes%2C+GD&rft.creator=Giannakis%2C+GI&rft.creator=Kosmatopoulos%2C+EB&rft.creator=Rovas%2C+DV&rft.description=The+building+sector+contributes+significantly+to+global+energy+consumption+and+emission+of+greenhouse+gases.+Thermal+insulation+along+with+installation+of+energy-efficient+building+systems+can+reduce+energy+needs+while+preserving+or+improving+occupant+comfort+levels.+Still+sensible+control+decisions%2C+to+harmoniously+and+effectively+operate+all+building+thermal+systems%2C+can+be+used+to+further+improve+building+energy+performance+and%2For+thermal+comfort.+In+this+article%2C+a+simulation-assisted+methodology+is+presented+to+automatically+generate+such+decisions.+There+are+two+ingredients+to+our+approach%3A+a+thermal+simulation+model+-+-+a+surrogate+of+the+real+building+-+-+used+to+evaluate+the+effects+of+potential+decisions%3B+and%2C+a+cognitive+adaptive+optimization+algorithm+used+to+intelligently+search+for+the+%22best%22+control+decision.+A+user-defined+cost+function+is+used+to+compare+various+decision+strategies.+Corroborating+simulation+results+are+presented+to+quantify+the+expected+benefits+of+the+proposed+approach.+%C2%A9+2011+ACM.&rft.subject=Energy+Efficiency+in+Buildings%2C+Adaptive+Optimization%2C&rft.publisher=AMC&rft.date=2011-12-01&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++BuildSys+'11+Proceedings+of+the+Third+ACM+Workshop+on+Embedded+Sensing+Systems+for+Energy-Efficiency+in+Buildings.++(pp.+pp.+61-66).++AMC+(2011)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1531852%2F1%2FRovas%2520AAM%2520C16.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1531852%2F&rft.rights=open