Publications

In addition to the manual and the source code documentation, the following peer-reviewed publications that are related to the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed are available:

Journal Paper

Romain Nouvel and Franck Alessi.
A novel personalized thermal comfort control, responding to user sensation feedbacks.
Building Simulation, 5(4):191-202, 2012.

Xiufeng Pang, Michael Wetter, Prajesh Bhattacharya and Philip Haves.
A framework for simulation-based real-time whole building performance assessment.
Building and Environment, 54:100-108, 2012.

Michael Wetter.
Co-simulation of building energy and control systems with the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed.
Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 4(3):185-203, 2011.
Also available as LBNL Technical Report LBNL-81118.pdf.

Marija Trcka, Jan Hensen and Michael Wetter.
Co-simulation for performance prediction of integrated building and HVAC systems - An analysis of solution characteristics using a two-body system.
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 18(7):957-970, 2010.
Also available as LBNL Technical Report LBNL-3907E.pdf.

Marija Trcka, Jan Hensen and Michael Wetter.
Co-simulation of innovative integrated HVAC systems in buildings.
Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 2(3):209-230, 2009.
Also available as LBNL Technical Report LBNL-3908E.pdf.

Conference Papers

Dimitrios GYALISTRAS, Carina SAGERSCHNIG, Markus GWERDER.
A Multi-stage Approach For Building And Hvac Model Validation And Its Application To A Swiss Office Building.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Christoph NYTSCH-GEUSEN, Jorg HUBER, Yue NIE.
Simulation-based Design Of Pv Cooling Systems For Residential Buildings In Hot And Dry Climates.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Yudai LIU, Yiqun PAN, Zhizhong HUANG.
Simulation-based Receding-horizon Supervisory Control Of Hvac System.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Deuk-woo KIM, Jong-hun KIM, Sang-lin PARK, Ki-cheol KIM, Cheol-soo PARK.
Traditional Vs. Cognitive Agent Simulation.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Aidan Thomas JONES, Donal Patrick FINN.
Ground Source Heat Pump Modelling With Thermal Storage Simulation And Integration Issues In Energyplus.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Hyeun Jun MOON, Byung Kook KIM, Min Seok CHOI.
A Bim Based Data Model For An Integrated Building Energy Information Management In The Design And Operational Stages.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Georgios GIANNAKIS, Martin PICHLER, Giorgos KONTES, Hermann SCHRANZHOFER, Dimitrios ROVASI.
Simulation Speedup Techniques For Computationally Demanding Tasks.
Proc. of the 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, August 2013.

Irene Hafner, Matthias Rössler, Bernhard Heinzl, Andreas Körner, Felix Breitenecker, Michael Landsiedl, and Wolfgang Kastner.
Using BCVTB for Co-Simulation between Dymola and MATLAB for Multi-Domain Investigations of Production Plants.
Proc. of the 9th International Modelica Conference, Munich, Germany, September 2012.

Raymond Sterling Garay, Andrea Costa, Thomas Messervey, Christian Mastrodonato and Marcus M. Keane.
Swimming Pool Hall HVAC Modelling, Simulation and End of Setback Artificial Neural Network Prediction: A Detailed Case Study.
Proc. of the 5th SimBuild Conference, Madison, WI, USA, August 2012.

Bing Dong, Zheng O’Neill, Zhengwei Li, Dong Luo, Madhusudana Shashanka, Sunil Ahuja and Trevor Bailey.
An integrated infrastructure for real-time building energy modeling and fault detection and diagnostics.
Proc. of the 5th SimBuild Conference, Madison, WI, USA, August 2012.

Yao-Jung Wen, Dennis DiBartolomeo and Francis Rubinstein.
Co-simulation Based Building Controls Implementation with Networked Sensors and Actuators.
BuildSys’11. Seattle, WA, USA, November 2011. Abstract.

Thierry Stephane Nouidui, Michael Wetter, Zhengwei Li, Xiufeng Pang, Prajesh Bhattacharya and Philip Haves.
BACnet and Analog/Digital Interfaces of the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed.
Proc. of the 12th IBPSA Conference, p. 294--301. Sydney, Australia, November 2011.

Xiufeng Pang, Prajesh Bhattacharya, Zheng O'Neill, Philip Haves, Michael Wetter and Trevor Bailey.
Real-time Building Energy Simulation using EnergyPlus and the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed.
Proc. of the 12th IBPSA Conference, p. 2890--2896. Sydney, Australia, November 2011.

Jingran Ma, S.J. Qin, Li Bo and T. Salsbury.
Economic model predictive control for building energy systems.
Proc. of the Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2011 IEEE PES, Anaheim, CA, April 2011.

Rui Zhang and Khee Poh Lam.
Comparison of building load performance between first principle based shading algorithm and implementable shading control algorithm.
Proc. of the 4th SimBuild Conference, New York, NY, USA, August 2010.

Marija Trcka, Michael Wetter and Jan Hensen.
An implementation of co-simulation for performance prediction of innovative integrated HVAC systems in buildings.
Proc. of the 11th IBPSA Conference, p. 724--731. Glasgow, Scotland, July 2009.

Michael Wetter and Philip Haves.
A modular Building Controls Virtual Test Bed for the integration of heterogeneous systems.
Proc. of the 3rd SimBuild Conference, Berkeley, CA, USA, August 2008.

Marija Trcka, Michael Wetter and Jan Hensen.
Comparison of co-simulation approaches for building and HVAC/R system simulation.
Proc. of the 10th IBPSA Conference, p. 1418--1425. Beijing, China, September 2007.

Technical Reports

Ahmed Hussein Saad Hussein.
An approach for a simultaneous simulation of cooling and air conditioning systems in electric vehicles.
Hochschule Offenburg and DLR. Master Thesis. Stuttgart, Germany. April 1, 2014.

Yao-Jung Wen.
Rapid-Prototyping Control Implementation using the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed.
Philips Technical Report. Briarcliff Manor, NY. April 30, 2011.