Building energy simulation in real time through an open standard interface
Abstract
Building energy models (BEMs) are typically used for design and code compliance for new buildings and in the renovation of existing buildings to predict energy use. We present the increasing adoption of BEM as standard practice in the building industry presents an opportunity to extend the use of BEMs into construction, commissioning and operation. In 2009, the authors developed a real-time simulation framework to execute an EnergyPlus model in real time to improve building operation. This paper reports an enhancement of that real-time energy simulation framework. The previous version only works with software tools that implement the custom co-simulation interface of the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB), such as EnergyPlus, Dymola and TRNSYS. The new version uses an open standard interface, the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI), to provide a generic interface to any application that supports the FMI protocol. In addition, the new version utilizes the Simple Measurement and Actuation Profile (sMAP) tool as the data acquisition system to acquire, store and present data. Lastly, this paper introduces the updated architecture of the real-time simulation framework using FMI and presents proof-of-concept demonstration results which validate the new framework.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1436593
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1252031
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Energy and Buildings
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7788
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 42 ENGINEERING; Building energy simulation; Real-time; Functional Mockup Interface; BCVTB; EnergyPlus
Citation Formats
Pang, Xiufeng, Nouidui, Thierry S., Wetter, Michael, Fuller, Daniel, Liao, Anna, and Haves, Philip. Building energy simulation in real time through an open standard interface. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.10.025.
Pang, Xiufeng, Nouidui, Thierry S., Wetter, Michael, Fuller, Daniel, Liao, Anna, & Haves, Philip. Building energy simulation in real time through an open standard interface. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.10.025
Pang, Xiufeng, Nouidui, Thierry S., Wetter, Michael, Fuller, Daniel, Liao, Anna, and Haves, Philip. Tue .
"Building energy simulation in real time through an open standard interface". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.10.025. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1436593.
@article{osti_1436593,
title = {Building energy simulation in real time through an open standard interface},
author = {Pang, Xiufeng and Nouidui, Thierry S. and Wetter, Michael and Fuller, Daniel and Liao, Anna and Haves, Philip},
abstractNote = {Building energy models (BEMs) are typically used for design and code compliance for new buildings and in the renovation of existing buildings to predict energy use. We present the increasing adoption of BEM as standard practice in the building industry presents an opportunity to extend the use of BEMs into construction, commissioning and operation. In 2009, the authors developed a real-time simulation framework to execute an EnergyPlus model in real time to improve building operation. This paper reports an enhancement of that real-time energy simulation framework. The previous version only works with software tools that implement the custom co-simulation interface of the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB), such as EnergyPlus, Dymola and TRNSYS. The new version uses an open standard interface, the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI), to provide a generic interface to any application that supports the FMI protocol. In addition, the new version utilizes the Simple Measurement and Actuation Profile (sMAP) tool as the data acquisition system to acquire, store and present data. Lastly, this paper introduces the updated architecture of the real-time simulation framework using FMI and presents proof-of-concept demonstration results which validate the new framework.},
doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.10.025},
journal = {Energy and Buildings},
number = C,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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