{"title":"Experimental Comparison of Guideline 36 and Legacy Controller Sequences of Operation using Commercial-off-the-shelf Control Software.","authors":"Amanda J Pertzborn, Michael A Galler","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2026.2663718","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23744731.2026.2663718","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we test the performance of Guideline 36-compliant sequences of operation for the air system relative to sequences of operation that predate Guideline 36. For this study, the air system comprises air handling units (AHUs) that serve variable air volume terminal units (VAVs). We present a platform that can be used to study the impact on building operations of changing the control system in a building, while holding constant any other aspect of that building, such as equipment upgrades, internal load variations, and changes to weather. We use the Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT), which contains commercial BACnet-enabled controllers and an operator workstation, as well as the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL), which uses chillers to meet the loads in the AHU-VAV system and can generate repeatable weather conditions and zone loads. These facilities use a hardware-in-the-loop approach, which combines a simulation of a building with hardware. This is the first demonstration of the combined VCBT-IBAL platform, which provides a method to evaluate potential sequences of operation in hardware before deploying them in real buildings.</p>","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13508908/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148832094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the emissions reduction potential and economic feasibility of small-scale (<100 kWe) combined heat and power systems with thermal storage for multi-family residential applications in the United States","authors":"Christopher R. Curl, Brian M. Fronk","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2394361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2394361","url":null,"abstract":"Small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) for residential applications has been demonstrated in different regions throughout the world. CHP can enable resilience in energy supply and serve as a tra...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142257790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhelun Chen, Jin Wen, Yicheng Li, L. James Lo, Gabriel Grajewski, W. Vance Payne, Steven T Bushby, Amanda Pertzborn, Zheng O’Neill, Zhiyao Yang, Caleb Calfa
{"title":"Advanced co-simulation framework for assessing the interplay between occupant behaviors and demand flexibility in commercial buildings","authors":"Zhelun Chen, Jin Wen, Yicheng Li, L. James Lo, Gabriel Grajewski, W. Vance Payne, Steven T Bushby, Amanda Pertzborn, Zheng O’Neill, Zhiyao Yang, Caleb Calfa","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2394357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2394357","url":null,"abstract":"With buildings contributing significantly to electricity usage, enabling demand flexibility becomes a challenge, especially when accounting for occupant comfort. This study introduces an innovative...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ground heat exchanger design tool with RowWise placement of boreholes","authors":"Timothy N. West, Jeffrey D. Spitler","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2386882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2386882","url":null,"abstract":"Simulation-based design tools have been used since the late 1980s for designing vertical borehole ground heat exchangers (GHE) used with ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. The ground heat exch...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Dong, Anshul Srivastava, Kristen Cetin, Debrudra Mitra
{"title":"Socioeconomic factors influencing residential occupancy trends during and post COVID pandemic","authors":"Hao Dong, Anshul Srivastava, Kristen Cetin, Debrudra Mitra","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2386881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2386881","url":null,"abstract":"The residential building sector accounts for 22% of end-use energy consumption in the United States. Despite the strong influence of occupants’ behavior on energy consumption patterns in residentia...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Buildings XV Conference Special Issue","authors":"Andre Desjarlais, Theresa A. Weston","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2373609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2373609","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Science and Technology for the Built Environment (Vol. 30, No. 7, 2024)","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outdoor testbeds for studies on performance of building envelopes: review and recommendations","authors":"Qian Jin, Qiuting Sun, Gang Meng","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2378677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2378677","url":null,"abstract":"High-performance building envelope materials, components and systems have been developed to achieve reduction in energy demand and meanwhile maintaining a satisfactory indoor environmental quality....","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing and testing low-cost air cleaners for safer spaces during wildfires","authors":"Brett W. Stinson, Elliott T. Gall","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2378675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2378675","url":null,"abstract":"Air cleaning reduces indoor exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during wildfire smoke events. However, resource and cost constraints may limit access to air cleaning during such an event, a...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parametric influence and optimization of the dehumidification performance of a variable-frequency dehumidifier","authors":"Xingtao Shi, Xin Qi, Xusheng Wang, Huitong Lu, Yujin Zhong, Peng Yang, Yingwen Liu","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2378672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2378672","url":null,"abstract":"This paper optimizes a variable-frequency dehumidification system (VFDS) based on the principle of vapor compression refrigeration (VCR), wherein the compressor frequency and fan speed can be chang...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical study of the impact of make-up air in a residential kitchen on the heating and cooling demands of ULEBs","authors":"Wenzhi Cui, Zhichao Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Xiang Wu, Zhen Yu, Yingxia Yang, Huijun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/23744731.2024.2370220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2024.2370220","url":null,"abstract":"Ventilation significantly impacts energy consumption in ultra-low-energy buildings (ULEBs). However, in Chinese residential kitchens, the influence of mechanical ventilation formed by range hoods a...","PeriodicalId":21556,"journal":{"name":"Science and Technology for the Built Environment","volume":"373 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}