Seminar 38 -- Best Option for Demand Flexible, Grid Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings: Rule Based Algorithmic Controls or Model Predictive Controls? PDF

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Grid Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings will require control systems that are able to provide for a safe, comfortable and efficient building environment while at the same time coordinating the operation of the building with the needs of the grid. The use of new technology including model predictive control can provide solutions that are able to both control and estimate future needs using data and simplified building models. On the other hand, traditional control systems, already prevalent in the commercial building stock, utilize rule-based controls that are less flexible and while they can provide grid interaction may be less than optimal.

1. Why and How You Should Make Model-Based Predictive Control Work for You?
   Draguna Vrabie, Ph.D., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America, Richland, WA