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Model-assisted Control Through Co-simulation for Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems Design

Giannakis, GI; Katsigarakis, KI; Kontes, GD; Rovas, DV; (2013) Model-assisted Control Through Co-simulation for Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems Design. In: Mahdavi, Ardeshir and Gawin, Dariusz and Cerny, Robert and Grunewald, John and Matiasovsky, Peter, (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd Central European Symposium on Building Physics (CESBP). (pp. pp. 571-578). OKK Editions: Vienna, Austria. Green open access

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Abstract

Effective and parsimonious use of energy resources and climate control systems is a prerequisite for reduction of energy intensity of the building sector; intelligent Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) can be key ingredients towards achieving this goal. While most BEMS are implemented as a collection of static rules, research effort has been given towards automatic BEMS design. In the present work, a model-based methodology for automatically designing BEMS, developed within PEBBLE FP7 project, is presented. A co-simulation setup is implemented, where a detailed thermal simulation model of the building is used as a surrogate of the real building and, at pre-defined time-intervals, a model-assisted control design optimization is used to produce update control strategies, applied to the building. Moving towards real-world implementation, a middleware integration component is used to facilitate two-way communication between the building (sensing and actuation) layer and the algorithmic layer. Experimental results on a test site located in Greece, indicate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology towards automatically generating good, in terms of energy performance, control strategies.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Model-assisted Control Through Co-simulation for Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems Design
Event: 2nd Central European Symposium on Building Physics (CESBP), 9-11 September 2013, Vienna, Austria
Location: Vienna Univ Technol, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Dates: 09 September 2013 - 11 September 2013
ISBN-13: 978-3-85437-321-6
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cesbp/Files/CESBP2013_Sam...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of the record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1520652
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