Modeling environment for model predictive control of buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 549-559

  Zakula, T ^a   Armstrong, P R ^b   Norford, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Model predictive control; Simulation tool

Indexed keywords

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

MODELING ENVIRONMENTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84910049802     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.039     Document Type: Article

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