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The Effects of Predictive Control on Energy Performance of Buildings

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2022) | Viewed by 3071

Special Issue Editors

Department of Building Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: intelligent buildings; adaptive controls
Department of Built Environments & Sustainable Design Innovations, University of Tehran, Tehran 16844, Iran
Interests: built environment; green buildings; sustainable architecture; energy efficiency; behavioral science

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Buildings represent a significant proportion of worldwide energy use and equally contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The energy performance of buildings is affected by both the advanced design of buildings and their systems as well as intelligent utilization of the occupied spaces with advanced control systems. Intelligent operation includes both predictive and real-time controls for the operation of building systems (heating and cooling, ventilation, lighting, indoor air quality, operation of the auxiliary systems, etc.). In this Special Issue, we seek papers summarizing novel research in the design of hardware and software systems that optimize building energy performance while improving indoor ambient quality, occupant productivity, and occupant health.

Prof. Dr. Hashem Akbari
Dr. Farhad Mofidi 
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • predictive controls
  • energy performance of buildings
  • indoor air environment
  • health
  • productivity

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Development of a Novel Experimental Facility to Assess Heating Systems’ Behaviour in Buildings
by Wirich Freppel, Geoffrey Promis, Anh Dung Tran Le, Omar Douzane and Thierry Langlet
Energies 2022, 15(13), 4615; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134615 - 23 Jun 2022
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The building sector represents approximately 40% of the global energy consumption, of which 18 to 73% is represented by heating and ventilation. One focus of research for reducing energy consumption is to study the interaction between the heating system, the occupant’s behaviour, and [...] Read more.
The building sector represents approximately 40% of the global energy consumption, of which 18 to 73% is represented by heating and ventilation. One focus of research for reducing energy consumption is to study the interaction between the heating system, the occupant’s behaviour, and the building’s thermal mass. For this purpose, a new experimental facility was developed. It consists of a real accommodation in which the thermal performance of the envelope, the heating system, the room’s layout, the weather conditions, and the occupant’s activity are variable parameters. A simulation model of the experimental facility, built in TRNSYS, was used to characterise the experimental facility. This article details the development of the experimental facility and then compares results for two different types of building inertia (low and high thermal masses). Results show the accuracy of the thermal inertia reproduction in the experimental facility and highlight the possibilities of improvements in the interaction between heating systems and building envelope efficiency. Full article
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Performance Analysis of a Geothermal Radiant Cooling System Supported by Dehumidification
by Henrikki Pieskä, Adnan Ploskić, Sture Holmberg and Qian Wang
Energies 2022, 15(8), 2815; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082815 - 12 Apr 2022
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Space cooling demand is increasing globally due to climate change. Cooling has also been linked to all 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations. Adequate cooling improves productivity and thermal comfort and can also prevent health risks. Meanwhile, policy initiatives such as [...] Read more.
Space cooling demand is increasing globally due to climate change. Cooling has also been linked to all 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations. Adequate cooling improves productivity and thermal comfort and can also prevent health risks. Meanwhile, policy initiatives such as the European Union’s Green Deal require participants to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce energy use. Therefore, novel cooling systems that are capable of efficiently producing high levels of thermal comfort are needed. Radiant cooling systems provide a design capable of fulfilling these goals, but their application in hot and humid climates is limited due to the risk of condensation. In this study, we compare the performances of radiant cooling systems with and without dehumidification. The studied systems are supplied by geothermal energy. The study is conducted using building energy models of a small office building belonging to a three-building school complex located in Sant Cugat near Barcelona in Spain. The studied location has a Mediterranean climate. The simulations are conducted using IDA Indoor Climate and Energy 4.8 simulation software. The results show that the radiant cooling system with dehumidification (RCD) produces considerably improved thermal comfort conditions, with maximum predicted mean vote (PMV) reached during the cooling season being 0.4 (neutral) and the maximum PMV reached by the radiant cooling system without dehumidification (RC) being 1.2 (slightly warm). However, the improved thermal comfort comes at the cost of reduced energy and exergy efficiency. The RCD system uses 2.2 times as much energy and 5.3 times as much exergy as the RC system. A sensitivity analysis is also conducted to assess the influence of selected input parameters on the simulation output. The results suggest that maximising dehumidification temperature and minimising ventilation flow rate can improve the energy and exergy efficiency of the RCD system while having a minor effect on thermal comfort. Full article
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