Building models for model predictive control of office buildings with concrete core activation

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-198

  Sourbron, Maarten ^a   Verhelst, Clara ^a   Helsen, Lieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

concrete core activation (CCA); controller building model; model predictive control (MPC); office building; parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MODEL; CONCRETE CORE; CONTROL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST SAVINGS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SECOND-ORDER MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CONTROLLERS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870580908     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2012.680497     Document Type: Article

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