Modeling workflow for a building model for control purposes

Abstract

Modeling of large multi-purpose buildings for control design of building services is a complex and application specific task. In this work a general modeling approach is proposed, which is based on a standardized work flow and a small rule base. It aims at establishing an industrial tool chain which eventually enables control engineers to model a building and design a control strategy in the most efficient way. The modeling workflow is clearly structured, and both data driven and analytical modeling procedures are presented and compared. Real data from a University building are utilized to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methods.