Bias in predicting annual energy use in commercial buildings with regression models developed from short data sets

Katipamula, S; Reddy, T A; Claridge, D E

Title: Bias in predicting annual energy use in commercial buildings with regression models developed from short data sets

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An empirical or regression modeling approach is simple to develop and easy to use compared to use of detailed hourly simulations. Therefore, regression analysis has become a widely used tool in the determination of annual energy savings accruing from energy conserving retrofits. The regression modeling approach is accurate and reliable if several months of data (more than six months) are used to develop the model. If such is not the case, the regression models can, unfortunately, lead to significant errors in the prediction of the annual energy consumption. Issues relating to bias in regression models identified from short data sets are discussed in this paper. First, the physical reasons for the differences between the predictions of the annual energy consumption based on a short data set model and on a long data set model are discussed. Then, the errors associated with the multiple linear regression model are evaluated when applied to short data sets of monitored data from large commercial buildings in Texas. The analysis shows that the seasonal variation of the outdoor dry-bulb and dew-point temperature causes significant errors in the models developed from short data sets. The MBE (mean bias error) from models based on short data setsmore »« less

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Katipamula, S ^[1]; Reddy, T A; Claridge, D E ^[2]

Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Publication Date:: Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI Identifier:: 113299

Report Number(s):: CONF-950336-
ISBN 0-7918-1300-2; TRN: IM9544%%259

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers/Japan Solar Energy Society international solar energy conference, Lahaina, HI (United States), 19-24 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Solar engineering 1995: Proceedings. Volume 1; Stine, W.B. [ed.] [California Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, CA (United States)]; Tanaka, Tadayoshi [ed.] [Electrotechnical Lab., Ibaraki (Japan)]; Claridge, D.E. [ed.] [Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)]; PB: 746 p.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; ACCURACY; FORECASTING

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  abstractNote = {An empirical or regression modeling approach is simple to develop and easy to use compared to use of detailed hourly simulations. Therefore, regression analysis has become a widely used tool in the determination of annual energy savings accruing from energy conserving retrofits. The regression modeling approach is accurate and reliable if several months of data (more than six months) are used to develop the model. If such is not the case, the regression models can, unfortunately, lead to significant errors in the prediction of the annual energy consumption. Issues relating to bias in regression models identified from short data sets are discussed in this paper. First, the physical reasons for the differences between the predictions of the annual energy consumption based on a short data set model and on a long data set model are discussed. Then, the errors associated with the multiple linear regression model are evaluated when applied to short data sets of monitored data from large commercial buildings in Texas. The analysis shows that the seasonal variation of the outdoor dry-bulb and dew-point temperature causes significant errors in the models developed from short data sets. The MBE (mean bias error) from models based on short data sets (one month) varied from +40% to {minus}15%, which is significant. Hence, due care must be exercised when applying the regression modeling approach in such cases.},

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