TY - GEN
T1 - Prototyping the BOPTEST framework for simulation-based testing of advanced control strategies in buildings
AU - Blum, David
AU - Jorissen, Filip
AU - Huang, Sen
AU - Chen, Yan
AU - Arroyo, Javier
AU - Benne, Kyle
AU - Li, Yanfei
AU - Gavan, Valentin
AU - Rivalin, Lisa
AU - Helsen, Lieve
AU - Vrabie, Draguna
AU - Wetter, Michael
AU - Sofos, Marina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Building Simulation Conference Proceedings. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Advanced control strategies are becoming increasingly necessary in buildings in order to meet and balance requirements for energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and occupant comfort. Additional development and widespread adoption of emerging control strategies, however, ultimately require low implementation costs to reduce payback period and verified performance to gain control vendor, building owner, and operator trust. This is difficult in an already first-cost driven and risk-averse industry. Recent innovations in building simulation can significantly aid in meeting these requirements and spurring innovation at early stages of development by evaluating performance, comparing state-of-the-art to new strategies, providing installation experience, and testing controller implementations. This paper presents the development of a simulation framework consisting of test cases and software platform for the testing of advanced control strategies (BOPTEST - Building Optimization Performance Test). The objectives and requirements of the framework, components of a test case, and proposed software platform architecture are described, and the framework is demonstrated with a prototype implementation and example test case.
AB - Advanced control strategies are becoming increasingly necessary in buildings in order to meet and balance requirements for energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and occupant comfort. Additional development and widespread adoption of emerging control strategies, however, ultimately require low implementation costs to reduce payback period and verified performance to gain control vendor, building owner, and operator trust. This is difficult in an already first-cost driven and risk-averse industry. Recent innovations in building simulation can significantly aid in meeting these requirements and spurring innovation at early stages of development by evaluating performance, comparing state-of-the-art to new strategies, providing installation experience, and testing controller implementations. This paper presents the development of a simulation framework consisting of test cases and software platform for the testing of advanced control strategies (BOPTEST - Building Optimization Performance Test). The objectives and requirements of the framework, components of a test case, and proposed software platform architecture are described, and the framework is demonstrated with a prototype implementation and example test case.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85105580177
T3 - Building Simulation Conference Proceedings
SP - 2737
EP - 2744
BT - 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
A2 - Corrado, Vincenzo
A2 - Fabrizio, Enrico
A2 - Gasparella, Andrea
A2 - Patuzzi, Francesco
PB - International Building Performance Simulation Association
T2 - 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
Y2 - 2 September 2019 through 4 September 2019
ER -
