Model based optimization of building control systems

The goal of the research project enerMAT is the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions of buildings by means of new tools for the development and planning of highly energy efficient Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS). EnerMAT will create a novel approach for simulation, optimization, and verification that will aim to design a new generation of energy-aware optimized BEMS which will allow an overall cross-trade automatic control of energy flows to maintain user comfort whilst minimizing energy consumption and CO2 emission. The energy-aware optimization will be based on a model-based approach with an overall building system model enabling the assessment of the energy performance for different design and operation alternatives of the building automation system in interaction with the building. This system model will allow a simulation-based, energy-aware, global, dynamic, multi-criterial optimization of BEMS. In this paper, the idea, the approach, and the actual state of project research is presented.