Abstract
This paper introduces and provides results from a rigorous, scientific testing methodology that allows pure building model calibration systems to be compared fairly to traditional output errors (e.g., how well does simulation output match utility bills ?) as well as input-side errors (e.g., how well, variable-by-variable, did the calibration capture the true building's description?). This system is then used to generate data for a correlation study of output and input error measures that validates CV(RMSE) and NMBE metrics put forth by ASHRAE Guideline 14 and suggests possible alternatives.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ASHRAE Transactions |
| Publisher | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) |
| Pages | 469-477 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781939200259 |
| State | Published - 2016 |
| Event | 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference - Orlando, United States Duration: Jan 23 2016 → Jan 27 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | ASHRAE Transactions |
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| Volume | 122 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0001-2505 |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Orlando |
| Period | 01/23/16 → 01/27/16 |
Funding
Funding for this project was provided by field work proposal CEBT105 under U.S. Department of Energy Building Technology Activity Number BT0201000. The authors would like to thank Zheng O'Neill for identifying the input parameters, ranges, and distributions used in this study. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).