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
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
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.