TY - CONF T1 - Prototyping the BOPTEST Framework for Simulation-Based Testing of Advanced Control Strategies in Buildings T2 - IBPSA Building Simulation 2019 Y1 - 2019 A1 - David Blum A1 - Filip Jorissen A1 - Sen Huang A1 - Yan Chen A1 - Javier Arroyo A1 - Kyle Benne A1 - Yanfei Li A1 - Valentin Gavan A1 - Lisa Rivalin A1 - Lieve Helsen A1 - Draguna Vrabie A1 - Michael Wetter A1 - Marina Sofos KW - benchmarking KW - building simulation KW - Model predictive control KW - software development AB -

Advanced control strategies are becoming increasingly necessary in buildings in order to meet and balance requirements for energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and occupant comfort. Additional development and widespread adoption of emerging control strategies, however, ultimately require low implementation costs to reduce payback period and verified performance to gain control vendor, building owner, and operator trust. This is difficult in an already first-cost driven and risk-averse industry. Recent innovations in building simulation can significantly aid in meeting these requirements and spurring innovation at early stages of development by evaluating performance, comparing state-of-the-art to new strategies, providing installation experience, and testing controller implementations. This paper presents the development of a simulation framework consisting of test cases and software platform for the testing of advanced control strategies (BOPTEST - Building Optimization Performance Test). The objectives and requirements of the framework, components of a test case, and proposed software platform architecture are described, and the framework is demonstrated with a prototype implementation and example test case.

JF - IBPSA Building Simulation 2019 CY - Rome, Italy ER -