Impact of forecasting accuracy on predictive optimal control of active and passive building thermal storage inventory

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-178

  Henze, Gregor P ^a   Kalz, Doreen E ^a   Felsmann, Clemens ^a,b   Knabe, Gottfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

FORECASTING ACCURACY; PREDICTIVE OPTIMAL CONTROL; THERMAL STORAGE; TOTAL UTILITY COST;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 2942718982     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2004.10391097     Document Type: Article

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